The results of one's actions are realized over different periods of time. In some cases, the results are immediate, as for instance, when one slips and sustains a fall. In some cases, the results occur after a few minutes or hours. For example, the food you take in the morning is digested after two hours. When you sow a seed in the ground, it takes some months or years to grow into a tree and yield fruits. Some fools imagine that they can get away with bad deeds because the consequences are not immediate. But the consequences are bound to occur sometime or other.
(SS, Aug 1995 - Pg 206)
