Cause and Effect

"To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction", this is newtons third law. I feel this is universal law also because for every cause there is an effect. This world is full of cause and effect. In fact this world itself is cause and effect. There is a reason(cause) for every thing we do (effect). We eat because we feel hungry, isn't it?

There is a scientific and Philosophical angle to it. In science we call it as Cause and Effect and in philosophy we call it as causality. First is the subset of second. I don't think i have to explain about the scientific angle. Lets see about philosophical angel.

Who am I? Where was i before my birth? Where will I go after my death? Who created this world? These are all some of the questions which I used to go through during my teen age.Its difficult to answer. Because neither I have seen life beyond death, nor I have met any one who have seen it. Does it mean it doesn't have any answer? May be yes may be NO.

In the recent days I have been going through Upanishads. I did get quite a few answers.

Cause and effect is the imagination of our mind. Of course mind itself falls in the causation. If you read Mandukya upanishad you will get enough of knowledge on this. If you observe your dream which is nothing but electrical pulse we will understand this world as well. This world is created by our mind. This world comes in front the moment mind is switched my mind. We don't know what happens to this world when we are in deep sleep. We don't realize that there is some thing called world during deep sleep.

I vaguely remember my early 5 to 7 years since my birth. I don't remember things happed right after my birth. I don't remember how was it to see this world for the first time. May be I didn't know what is this world at the time. Like the fish doesn't know that it is in the water until it comes out of it. We learn about this world through our senses. Touch, Smell, Taste, See and Hear. The knowledge about this world is fed to us through these five channels, isn't it? So when we touch some thing an electrical pulse is sent to our mind. In the dream also an electrical pulse is sent to mind when we touch some thing in the dream. Now how can I touch some thing in the dream when dream itself is not real. Hm... now is the time to think about it. I leave you with this thought. Dwelve on it.