We need to be fair, just, and balanced in our vyavahaarik lives. But we must not impose this expectation on Prakriti.
Ideas like “fairness” and “justice” are words which human society has formulated. They are mental constructs. They are an excellent basis for managing our lives in society. But the mind likes to believe that some types of action trigger corresponding responses in the universe. If a parent nurtures his child lovingly and with great care for the first years of the child’s life, the parent likes to believe that the universe will do its part and give the child a long and healthy life. When this does not happen, people label the outcome “unfair.”
Ideas like “fairness” and “justice”, when applied to Ma, stem from a belief that we, with our human minds, can comprehend cause-effect relationships in the universe. Unfortunately, the universe is a complex mass of forces and entities, each of which impacts all others. It is impossible for the human mind to comprehend the outcome of a set of actions, because the outcome depends on all atoms in all corners of the universe. In Ma, everything is interdependent on everything else. Ma is one.
Ideas like “deserve”, “fairness” and “justice”, when applied to Ma, give our mind a feeling of comfort that Ma is understandable. It gives the mind the feeling of control it seeks, and strengthens the ego. Beliefs that we understand cause-effect in Prakriti are factually incorrect and only strengthen our ego.
One must let go such words and ideas. This is easy for a devotee — she will summarise her attitude with a line like “God works in mysterious ways.” The physicist, approaching Prakriti from the other end, will never feel the need to use words like “deserve” or “fair” because she studies what is, and accepts all which she perceives. She does not feel any need to apply any conceptual model of what “should be.” Only those who are neither honest physicists nor true devotees need the crutch of these words.
The only way one must conduct one’s vyavahaarik life is by not expecting any outcome.