Nothing happens on its own. Every event requires the participation of the entire universe. Even the reading of this post is precipitated by your particular interests, inspired by your life experiences, which are created in the context of a family, society, and world. If the temperature of the world was just a little hotter or cooler, humans wouldn't be here. The arrangements of the planets allows you to drink your morning tea. All the universe is required for your every moment.
No actor is the singular cause of anything. It is easy to believe that I choose and I act, sovereignly producing the result. But the understanding of the process, the energy to carry it out, the opportunity to do it, and the possibility of its completion, all come from sources other than the human self. Only the will to do it belongs to the human being. So, no experienced event is your sole fault or praise.
Humans participate in events and evaluate their experiences of those events, causing every kind of feeling and emotion, pleasure and suffering.
The mind chooses a desired outcome and takes action it believes will produce it. When the desired outcome occurs, it is happy; when the desired outcome does not occur, the mind is unhappy. So it is because of the mind that any event causes pleasure or suffering.
So do your work with sincerity and accept events with equanimity.
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