In English
Make your present sacred and sublime
However, there is no separation between action and consequence; the consequence is intertwined with the action. When we are hungry, we eat food to satisfy our hunger, but there is a time gap between the actions of eating and digestion. After we put the food in the mouth, it goes to the stomach and gets digested. A period of two hours is required for the digestion of the food. Only then will the food give strength and nourishment to the body. Similarly, there may be a time gap between actions and their consequences. A seed does not become a tree as soon as you sow it. The seed first germinates, becomes a sapling, and then grows to become a tree in due course of time. The entire tree is within a tiny seed. However, one sees only the seed, not the entire tree hidden in it. Similarly, one’s future is contained in the actions performed by them in the present.