I don't know whether this post belongs here but it is too short for an entire thread and it the musing of this moment. In the spirit of instant gratification, I have to ask it immediately. If time is an artificial construct and past, present and future all happen simultaneously, then where does karma which is a linear concept of cause and effect fit in?
Linear.... For "what goes around comes around", the projectile path of a boomerang is cyclical! So could be Karma too! After all, Hinduism advocates "rebirths until one's karma is balanced out"...right? Tagging @Gauri03.
True Kaniths, but karma can't come before action, can it? I mean in the case of a boomerang too, when viewed from the lens of time, first is the action, then the intended object (if at all) and then the thrower. In this case the thrower becomes the object but necessarily after the action.
i am attempting here to understand what you were trying to pose. "if time is an artificial construct'........ hmm... now if time is artificial , then past present and future don't matter; they are all on the same plane; meaning there is no precedence or succession ! Then if, at all 3 frames are playing out , then there remains no linking factor. If there doesn't be a linking factor then a linear concept like "karma which is a linear concept of cause and effect" doesn't stand, because cause and effect also don't share a relationship! Then cause and effect in a way become the same variable and thus , no dependency concept remains. So karma can be looked at either cause or effect
You got me! :-D If cause and effect must be linear, karma being the synonym for effect/result, then the theory of karma would not hold.
Now that is a logical deduction. What remains to be understood is the concept of non-linearity of time.