‘I’m rubber you’re glue, whatever you say bounces off of me and sticks to you.’ You can hear this rhyme in parks, playgrounds and any place where children gather. It may sound like a silly little children’s rhyme, but this line contains more wisdom than Nietzsche’s philosophies. They say we all learn important life skills on the playground. The games children play help prepare them for the world of grown-ups. If you pay close attention to the above rhyme, you might learn a thing or two, even if you haven’t been to the playground in decades.

When you say this line to someone, you are expressing the sentiment ‘I will not let your negativity affect me, your negativity will come back to haunt you. It is an extension of ‘karma’. Doesn’t seem so child like any more does it? The law of cause and effect is universal. If you are mean to someone, they will be mean to you & if you are nice to someone, they will be nice to you. This thinking has a strong base in logic and is thus universally accepted. There is no need of metaphysical thoughts when you think of karma at a one on one level. It is only when multiple actions are added together to form very complex systems, that understanding ‘karma’ exceeds our intellectual capacity.  When the time needed to see consequences exceeds the span of human life, things become interesting, and this is where the metaphysical comes into play.

To understand complex concepts, human beings must accept certain things on faith. Even mathematicians must put their faith in the imaginary number ‘i’ to be able to solve complex formulae. All you need to know is, we reap what we sow, so make sure you’re sowing the right seeds.