---The consequences of action manifest themselves in the moment
that action is done. However too often we are too close to subject
(ourselves) to see it happening.
A criminal who "gets away with" a crime spends the rest of his life
looking over his shoulder form that exact moment.
Guy
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> force of an imprint placed on our mind that the potential to
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> future suffering comes about. For example, a person who commits
murder
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and that
> impression, or seed, carries with it the potential to place that
mind in a
> state of extreme misery. Unless the impression of that non-
virtuous action
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its power
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eventually
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the seed
> will ripen as an experience of intense suffering. . . . The
situation is
> analogous to that of an arid piece of ground into which seeds were
placed a
> long time ago. As long as these seeds are not destroyed somehow,
they will
> retain their potential to grow. Should the ground be watered
sufficiently
> these long-forgotten seeds will suddenly sprout forth. In a
similar fashion
> our karmic actions plant their seeds in the field of our
consciousness and
> when we encounter the proper conditions these seeds will sprout
and bear
> their karmic fruit.
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Tricycle
> book edited by Jean Smith
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