IS FORWARDING ALERT ON DECEPTIVE SCHEMES CONSIDERED AN ACTION THAT INTERVENES WITH THE WORKINGS OF KARMA?
Caller: It’s common to observe an online social norm where people disseminate information to forewarn others of deceptive schemes, etc. For example, information cautioning people against scams or child abductions. We do pass on such information to those around us, stating, “Scam Alert! Please be careful”. If the recipient is destined to go through these calamities but having read our alerts, he is more vigilant now, does it mean we have intervened with the workings of karma?
Master Jun Hong Lu: No. You should uphold the principle of doing all that is wholesome. You are just being kind. It is wrong to say that they are destined to be unlucky. Even if they are truly suffering from bad luck, you should still do your part to rescue them from their misery. You have made a conceptual mistake here.
Caller: Am I right to say that despite the alerts, calamities will still befall him since such misfortunes have been predestined?
Master Jun Hong Lu: Yes. You are performing a kind deed by forwarding those alerts. As for him, if he is fated to encounter the calamity, he will likely ignore what you send and still fall prey to the scam as it is meant to be.
Caller: Whatever it is, we should still do kind deeds.
Master Jun Hong Lu: Of course!
Source: Wenda20170623 01:00:07, Master Jun Hong Lu’s call-in radio program