Newton's law or God's law
The only way the universe keeps a balance and stays stable is through the law of action and reaction. To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. What you shall sow, so shall you reap….
If something is an action, it is thought. It is the most pertinent action in this creation, the most persistent, the most far reaching, undying, traveling forever in time.
And every thought we create is an action which will attract a reaction from the universe and it's constituents.
Everything happening "to us" is a reaction of a past action. Every feeling we are feeling, thus is a reaction of the past actions. We can't control what is happening to us because we can't stop the reaction once the action is done. What we can control though, is the action to react to that reaction that we are facing. What will that be?
When we forget the law, we also forget that we are in a cycle which nothing in this creation can break. It is a law. It has to be. The only thing we can do is to live by it and use it to our benefit.
And thus, we have to be careful….very careful. For we are creating at every moment a deposit which will have to be withdrawn, and often with interest; sometimes for and sometimes against our deposit.
If I understand that my feeling of dislike for somebody is a reaction to a past action, I would immediately like to do an action of love and peace so that the future reaction would change. If I do not understand this, I can as easily create a new action of dislike which will keep creating for the infinite future the same and more of it.
Once this enters your heart, any people skills book will simply pale away…