I think a lot of people tend to think of Karmic Result as a single event and indivisible. They might know that some of the Karmic Results might take a long time to finish, but for them, once the Karmic Result starts, they think that it cannot be changed nor stopped.
很多人應該認為「果」是單一的事件。他們也許知道一些果報，是需要很久才能完成；也會想，一旦開始，果報不能改變，也不會停止。
But even after a person has started to feel the effects of the Karmic Result, it can still be changed. Let's use the credit card example from the previous article.
但是，即使一個人已經開始感受到「果」的影響，果報仍可以被改變。
我用前一篇文章中使用信用卡的例子來討論。
In that example, a person have choose to pay only the minimum balance every month until he clears the debt. If we assume that it will take this person 10 years to pay off this debt, then his Karmic Result would run 10 years, if nothing changes.
在那個例子裡，假設一個人選擇每月只付最低金額，若這樣做，這個人可能會需要10年的時間去還這筆債，這個「果」會運作10年。
But at anytime in these 10 years, this person could choose to payoff the debt early. He could choose to charge more purchases on the credit card. He could also choose to stop paying. As soon as this person performs any of these activities, he terminates the original Karmic Result early, and created a new Yin and that will results in additional choices of Karmic Results that will become possible.
但在10年間， 這個人可以隨時把債付清，他可以選擇用信用卡去買更多的東西，也可以選擇停止付款。一旦這個人做了任何一種行為，他停止了原始的「果」，並創建了一個新的「因」，也因此會有新的「果」出現。
What this means is that we don't have to bemoan about our ill fates. Bad fortunes are only bad fortunes if you let it. Likewise, good fortune doesn't have to stay with you forever either. Good fortunes doesn't stay good fortunes if you did something to change it.
所以 ，我們不必哀嘆惡果的發生，也沒必要想，善果會一直跟著我們。有意無意的選擇都會影響我們的果報。
However, as we have mentioned before, you will need to develop the power and the knowledge in order to affect any changes. The steps to do so are the same as always, understand yourself, empirically understand Śūnyatā and Nidānas, and empirically understand Anattā and Anicca
然而，正如之前提過，您需要知識和能力才有辦法改變「果」。這些知識和能力是從了解自己、「空」跟「因缘」，和體會「無我」跟「無常」而來的 。
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