The Kybalion, Chapter 12 summary
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In Chapter 12, the writers explain causation as an unbroken order of events, arguing that apparent chance reflects causes people cannot see or understand. They connect this principle to human freedom, claiming that Masters control lower influences by following higher laws rather than escaping causation altogether.
What happens
- The writers present causation as a universal principle and reject chance as an independent force.
- Dice and coin tosses illustrate their claim that individual results and statistical averages both follow causes.
- A falling stone and a speck of soot illustrate how ordinary events belong to vast networks of preceding events.
- The writers treat freedom and necessity as partial truths whose application depends on the level considered.
- They contrast people governed by moods and surroundings with Masters who direct themselves through higher laws.
- The closing argument insists that self-mastery works within universal law, not outside it.

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