Light on Acts and Their Consequences - James Allen

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1:06not politicians. Vote yes by April 21st. Paid for by Virginians for fair elections. Light on acts in their consequences. One of the communist excuses for wrongdoing is that, if right were done, calamity would ensue. Thus the foolish concern themselves, not with the act, but with the consequence of the act, a foreknowledge of which is assumed, the desire to secure pleasant results and to escape unpleasant consequences is at the root of that confusion of mind, which renders men incapable of distinguishing between good and evil, and prevents them from practicing the one and abandoning the other. Even when it is claimed that the wrong thing is done, not for oneself, but in order to secure the happiness of others, the delusion is the same, only it is more subtle and dangerous. The wise concern themselves with the act and not with the

2:09consequences. They consider not what is pleasant or unpleasant, but what is right. Thus doing what is right only and not straining after results, they are relieved of all burdens of doubt, desire and fear. Nor can one who so acts ever become so involved in inextricable difficulty or be troubled with painful perplexity. His course is so simple, straight and plain that he can never be confused with misgivings and uncertainties. Those who so act are said by Krishna to act without regard to the fruits of action, and he further declares that those who have thus renounced results are supremely good, supremely wise. Those who work for pleasant results only and who depart from the right path when their own or others' happiness appears to be at stake cannot escape doubt difficulty, perplexity and pain. Ever forecasting probable consequences, they act in one way today and in

3:15another way tomorrow. Unstable and blown about by the changing wind of circumstance, they become more and more bewildered, the consequences about which they trouble do not accrue. But they who work for righteousness only, who are careful to do the right act, putting away all selfish considerations, all thoughts of results. They are steadfast, unchanging, untroubled, and at peace amid all vicissitudes, and the fruits of their acts are ever sweet and blessed. Even the knowledge, which only the righteous possess, that wrong acts can never produce good results, and that right acts can never bring about bad results, is in itself fraught with sweet assurance and peace. For whether the fruits of acts are sought or unsought, they cannot be escaped. Those who sow to self, and ignorant of the law of truth, think they can make their own results, reap the bitter fruits of self. They who sow to righteousness,

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