A philosopher whose Scottish ancestry isn’t far from my own (mom’s side)… split my thoughts in two today.
There is a prevailing thought process of cause and effect that is a western thought process. It is not always true.
As one author put it, “You could throw a stone at a window, and a helicopter falls out of the sky. The next moment you may connect the two, but they aren’t actually connected.”
You experience one event and you experience the second event. They aren’t always attached, but because of our view point and perspective we may not see this.
For some reason when I read this modern author and Hume’s views on the detriment of cause and effect, I felt a great weight lift. I felt my mind open to the thought that sometimes things just happen.
I experienced hardship and hurt in multiple ways, but they aren’t necessarily connected. There are some events that occur because they are going to occur. They do not occur because of something I did or didn’t do. It is almost egocentric to believe I have that much control. There are many other forces at work.
This is a relief from the self glorification and guilt that rides on every action being determined by my own doing. There are some things that happen which have nothing to do with my own actions, thoughts, words, or even desires.
This view sees life happening all around us, and we interact with it. Awakened!
