Ralph Waldo Emerson : Nature's Compensation

"Cause and effect, means and ends, seed and fruit, cannot be severed; for the effect already blooms in the cause, the end preexists in the means, the fruit in the seed." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson from The Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

Karma. In Sanskrit, the word literally means "act, or action" but has the deeper meaning denoting the entire cycle of cause and effect. Emerson hits the essence of karma elegantly (as he tends to do) in his brilliant essay Compensation. Every act, every word, every thought plants a seed. (You know that by now, right?)

Begs the obvious question: Are you planting any seeds right now you'd rather not see harvest?!? We must become very (!) aware of the seeds we're planting. And, of course, plant the seeds that we look forward to seeing blossom.

What thought or habit pattern do you have in your life right now that you KNOW is not bearing the fruit you want to see? Now a good time to change it? Thought so. :)

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