WhatGoesAroundComesAround_DavisRob

life, but it works the same way in both.
So far, the discussion of cause has dealt mainly with actions. No less
important, though more demanding on the comprehension, is the causal
power of thoughts and words. It is not true that the act alone has power.
Thoughts and words are more subtle forms of the same powerful cause,
and they produce the correspondingly more subtle, less obvious response
in one’s outer world.
This notion causes a great deal of consternation and debate. Nobody
wants to think that a word or a thought passing through their mind really
has any power. It is almost impossible to deal with because it means
that feelings of anger, envy, resentment, and the like, as well as the
words that express those feelings, are definite inputs of a negative
variety that will show up in some unpleasant way in one’s own life.
“Okay, the action is understandable,” one might say. “I can see that if I
murder someone, I’ve set myself up to either be killed or spend a long,
miserable time in prison. Or, I can see how cheating on an exam, not
doing my homework, or beating my children are all actions that set up
fittingly unpleasant results. But how can talking about or thinking about
those things hurt me?”
Efforts to answer this question have filled many books. It is most clearly
embodied, however, by people you have probably known who spend a
lot of time and energy in a state of constantly expressing their misery.
It may take the form of complaining about some injustice they’ve
suffered, or running critical commentary about the people in their life.
Perhaps they overly dwell on hurts and resentments.
Recall the results you observed in those folk’s lives. What good came
from those activities? It is most likely the answer would be none! Who