The famous law of karma, or the principle of cause and effect, is more of a story than a real phenomenon. Therefore, it's simpler to focus on doing what you should in your given position, rather than worrying about it.
In Buddhism and other philosophies, the law of karma is often discussed, stating that what you give will return, good deeds will bring good results, and bad deeds will bring bad results. However, there are times when this seems true, and times when it doesn't. Whether this law truly operates is something that is difficult to know for certain, and it's not something that needs to be known, at least until a certain stage of understanding.
In reality, there are reasons behind things. In most cases, reasons exist, and you can understand the cause of why something happened to a certain extent. However, it's more important to have a perspective of choosing your life, rather than simply knowing.
This is what it means.
The law of karma operates within a 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 a certain extent, but the manifestation of karma requires the laws of vibration and the "permission" of the subconscious mind to become a reality. Therefore, if the vibrations are not in harmony, karma will not manifest, even if it exists.
In the world, there is talk of 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 essentially, 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 realities they don't want. But, with a certain level of spiritual growth, people can create their own realities.
Karma is essentially a "residual image" of what someone in the past imagined, so it is generally weak. However, for people who are exhausted in this world, even that can be a threat, and sometimes people are troubled by it becoming a lingering resentment. Basically, the power of karma is mostly weak, because karma is nothing more than the remnants of past thoughts. If you achieve 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 am referring to here is karma that has not yet materialized (sanchita karma). Karma that has already materialized (prarabdha karma) requires practical solutions in the real world.