We’ve learned that in the light, and everywhere else in the universe outside of this Milky Way Galaxy alone, that karmic feedback is swift and of sufficient intensity to prevent evil from ever getting a foothold. Because in the Milky Way Galaxy, karmic feedback can be a very long time in coming back around, it seems logical that we physical humans have to fill the gap with our own human laws and rules and efforts at correcting others who are not behaving divinely. Many appear to be leaning towards an argument lately that police should never use any force to apprehend people suspected of or caught engaging in wrongdoing. How can we possibly make up for the karmic shortfall, if we collectively follow that line of thinking? What is the divine perspective on this question?

Once again, we would point out simply that you are, in effect, responsible for all that happens on your watch. If you witness wrongdoing and do nothing, you are giving in to evil and allowing it to flourish without consequences. Many times people simply choose to not get involved, especially if the wrongdoing is of a relatively minor sort like a property crime, but the Law of Karma will assign them responsibility for all that happens subsequently. If that perpetrator does not receive a consequence for their action, they may be emboldened to do worse and cause even greater harm to others. That is the legacy of the inaction of a witness, for example, who might be in a position to provide evidence of the wrongdoing and rein in the person so they are not free to continue harming other people. The primary reason for this bold experiment of the divine human is to have people challenged by such situations so they will learn, albeit the hard way, how to be and how not to be. In a sense, because of the workings of karma in your realm, you must become like Creator in assigning responsibility for things through having the wisdom to know the difference between right and wrong, and then finding a way to mete out justice in the absence of a karmic force putting on the brakes and teaching a lesson to a perpetrator quickly to prevent further wrongdoing. This, in effect, gives you hands-on experience being an administrator, being totally in control of something, if only your own potential influence on the world, and developing the discernment to know when it is morally justified to take action that might cause a loss for someone and even suffering if you blow the whistle on a perpetrator and they face legal repercussions. While we do not endorse your criminal justice system because of its many flaws, we do endorse being aware of the Law of Cause and Effect, and wanting everyone to develop the discernment to know right from wrong and to call out one another when there is perceived wrongdoing. It is better to prevent further damage and subject someone to a harsh and imperfect criminal justice system than to allow a perpetrator to continue unopposed to cause even further damage which both hurts the perpetrator and the future victims. All will suffer—the perpetrator much more so than the victims when karma eventually comes around to them. They will pay for every bit of the suffering that has ensued. If you are a bystander in a position to intervene but choose not to, you will be lumped in with the perpetrator in contributing the suffering to the world they bring about because you have had a hand in it as well, even though passively. These are choices. It is important to understand these concepts and to view your own conduct in the world accordingly.