Horton got me rethinking the concept of retribution. It’s said that when one does something bad, the “gods” will come down and cause trouble. Now imagine reality as a speck, which is a speck of a speck of a speck of a…you get the idea. In this case, I abuse an ant. It may be an ant to me, but it’s really a person in ant society.
Now, if the situation were reversed, I'd be an ant in the eyes of some higher being. That higher being would be an ant in the eyes of a yet higher being...and so on. Assume that every action is reflected by the higher beings. I abuse the ant, I get abused, and the higher being gets abused... Conversely, if I gave the ant the treat, the higher being gave me a treat...Therein lies a concept of retribution. Every action is mirrored in the higher and lower realities. In effect, reality is warped by these actions, and they come back in another form when least expected. As much as I'd like to, however, I am not really one to believe in the threefold law. I guess that renders the discussion moot.
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