The famous law of karma, or the principle of cause and effect, is more of a story than a real phenomenon. It's a simple matter of doing what you're supposed to do in the position you've been given, rather than worrying about it.
In Buddhism and other philosophies, the law of karma is often discussed, stating that what you give will return, that good deeds will bring good results, and that bad deeds will bring bad results. While this may seem true at times, it's not always the case, and it's difficult to know for sure whether the law is actually working. In reality, it's something that individuals cannot definitively know, and there's no need to know it until a certain stage.
In reality, there are reasons for things. In most cases, reasons exist, and you can find out to some extent why something happened. However, it's more important to have a perspective of choosing your life, rather than just knowing.
This is what it means.
The law of karma works within the collective consciousness. Therefore, if someone does something bad, the negative consequences will return to the group or to someone within the group. Similarly, if someone does something good, the positive consequences will return to the group or to someone within the group. In the world, the law of karma is often understood as something that applies to individuals, but in reality, it's a matter of the group.
Regarding individual events, there are causes, and these events occur in physically close relationships. Therefore, if you trace the direct cause, you can often find that the cause was in a geographically or relationally close location. In addition to this, there is a collective karma, and the manifestation of karma can cause events to occur. In this sense, you can trace the causes to some extent, but the manifestation of karma requires the laws of vibration and the "permission" of the subconscious mind to become a reality. If the vibrations don't match, even if there is karma, it will not sprout.
In the world, there is something called the "law of attraction," but the power of "reality creation" is stronger than simply attracting things. People can create the reality they imagine, but this goes beyond the judgment of good or bad, and basically anything can become a reality. Therefore, the power of reality creation is much stronger than being bound by karma.
However, for those who are not yet spiritually advanced, the power of karma may be stronger than their own power of reality creation, and they may end up attracting unwanted realities. But, if you reach a certain level of spiritual growth, you can create your own reality.
Karma is essentially like a "residual image" of what someone in the past imagined, so its power is generally weak. However, for people who are exhausted in this world, even this can be a threat, and sometimes it can become a lingering resentment, causing them to suffer. But, in most cases, the power of karma is weak, and karma is nothing more than the remnants of past thoughts. Therefore, if you reach a certain level of spiritual growth, the power of your own will is stronger.
As a supplement, there are several types of karma, and what I'm talking about here is unrealized karma (sanchita karma), while karma that has already become a reality (prarabdha karma) requires dealing with it in reality.