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Because you like Thomas Merton, Rob, we'll re-post this one from him. Do you know it?:
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"If you don't want the effect, do something to remove the causes.
There is no use in loving the cause and fearing the effect
and being surprised when the effect inevitably follows the cause."

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This then brings up the, to me, more important enquiry, "Who is it that can either do something or not?" And consider this, from Ramana, when referring to a question about which is true, free will or fate:
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"Go to the root of both."
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