Karma, the net, the consequence, the wisdom

Today, we had a session where we were supposed to think abt what is the effect of us going to the under developed countries. Are we going to bring gifts to distribute there? What if it is not enough? Then how should we distribute? Should be distribute by meritocracy(which inevitably introduces this part of the culture of our country to them)? Or should we do a lucky draw so all is equal? Or should we just give the gifts to the teachers there to distribute however they like so we do not introduce and new things from our society into our culture?

Thinking, thinking, many good and bad points were raised abt both methods. Tick tock tick tock, like a pendulum. We should introduce the culture of more developed countries to them, isn't that what they want by allowing more overseas community service teams to go there? But we should respect their culture, and not destroy it by bringing in outside cultures etc. What if they crave for more advanced things? What if they are influenced by new thoughts? They are changing themselves, by adopting and leaning english so why are we worried about introducing our culture and the bad effects? Ultimately, we are just a team there, 2 weeks and gone. Our influence may just be a ripple in their ocean of life journeys. It may be just so insignificant. Or it may be a deadly virus, which once introduced, poliferates and kills all the wildlife in the sea. Who knows? Who can see so far into the effects of our actions?
Planting a seed in their minds, they need conditions to grow, they need the right environment and many other factors to make them maybe yearn for the culture we have. How can we tell such effects of these actions who grew up in a totally different culture by just sitting there and thinking. We were merely speculating with our limited intelligence, with our limited wisdom. How could we have taken so many things into account in the same time?? It is like a net, all conditions connected and we are just seeing part of it. And we dare to speculate, sitting on our butts???!!!!!!
The aim of the exercise was to reflect on our actions, but based on our small minds and wisdom we try to imagine the wide and intricate net of the future? Of the effects our actions might bring? We base on but a small action to predict a future so complicated?
This kind of reflection! What an utter waste of time!! Time better used to develop the required wisdom.

But then again, realising such, was time truely wasted? Was i not reflecting? What was i actually doing? I actually reflected and learnt from the exercise. So was time actually wasted?? Not so it seems. Haha, how interesting. Because of one action(karma) so many effects, so far reaching, it is not immediately obvious.

Haha! Karma, interesting isn't it? Haha!