asahi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 3:01 pm
Rambutan wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:52 pm
asahi wrote: ↑Thu Feb 03, 2022 12:00 pm
The processes is not a linear one . Cause n effect does not function in a linear way .
1. Please explain
2. Also, how does that relate to rebirth?
You are taking every happening and thinking in a linear line . You are taking the mind stream functioning as a unified unit and flows in a linear line . But that is not the case . For example , say now you plant a seed on the ground , if the seed do not have enough water it probably not going to sprout . Then you need a fertile ground , enough sunlight etc . A seed alone doesnt necessitate by itself that constitute a plant or tree to blossom . Everything that happening today in your life , is not the causes for next moment and tomorrow or future but only plays a role of part and parcel conditions in the process .
The future rebirth not only depends on previous life kamma but also present state conditions such as present mind state and present life overall kamma .
Oh yes. I understand that.
“Linear” is probably not the correct word.
I think you mean “conditional”.
Mind / karma is linear (following a single line) in terms of individual mindstream. Even if my actions have multiple effects, each of those effects follows a line, like a single chain of events.
But yes, you are correct that there are infinite conditions that produce the reality of any single moment.
This is also why there is no “self” that is reborn.
If enough causes are the same, the next result will be the same. This is why a person looks the same now as they did 5 minutes ago: most of the conditions are the same. But in 60 years, most of those conditions will be different than they are now, and that person will look different. The changes are occurring constantly, with each breath, with every heartbeat. We just don’t see it change so slowly, so the experience we imagine is that there is the same, constant “me” in the world.