An excerpt from Consequences in Buddhism; Why Things Happen. There is rarely just one specific thing that causes someone to have something happen to them. We live in a world that is complex, integrated, interdependent and constantly in a state of flux. We miss most of that and generally focus on our own immediate needs and what’s happening in our immediate world. We too often forget that there are many things happening all around us that affect to us – often things we can’

An excerpt from Consequences in Buddhism There is rarely one specific thing that causes someone to have something happen to them. We live in a world that is complex, integrated, interdependent and constantly in a state of flux. We miss most of that and generally focus on our own immediate needs and what’s happening in our immediate world. We too often forget that there are many things happening all around us that can cause things to occur to us – often things we can’t see

Excerpt from Consequences in Buddhism; Why Things Happen to Us. When I’ve been camping or hiking and something’s gone bad, it was never just one thing that exploded. It’s always a series of things. For example, a number of years ago a friend and I were hiking on the Healy Pass trail, near Egypt Lake, Alberta. We hiked about 6 hours that day and it was unusually hot and humid for August. When we arrived at our campsite in the late afternoon, we were both sweating heavily a