There is space and the nature of that space is unknown and can’t be discussed. But it’s very real. Even the capacity of the Ego is able to experience this space at any time, only the idea of it is wrong.
Then there is intelligence, and that intelligence is not capable of discrimination, good and bad. Without the intelligence it would be like an ocean without any currents or waves, without even the tiniest plankton, no salt or minerals, no predators and preys, absolutely without any vibration or change of any kind.
If it’s clear that something constantly happens, then it’s clear also that this intelligence is there. The Ego is able to experience this intelligence absolutely and entirely at all times, the Ego itself being a manifestation of that intelligence. A delusional manifestation, but from that intelligence just the same.
Given that without the intelligence there could be nothing manifesting in that space, then everything that arises and everything that manifest, has to be that intelligence. In other words, the same laws apply to everything that is this intelligence and all manifestations are this intelligence. In simpler terms, once you understand the true nature of one manifestation, you can understand the true nature of all manifestations.
The Ego is 100% the manifestation of this intelligence. There is the idea of a separate entity (delusion) and then of some kind of a disposition that entity has (affliction). So after that it feels like the Ego is created out of a person, but it’s the other way around obviously. The person (the identity with oneself) is created out of the Ego. In reality the Ego is a ripple in the great ocean of intelligence, and there is never a swimmer to be found.
This makeup creates a situation where it’s clear beyond doubt that we can’t never really 100% control any given situation. When we look at how things come to be, it’s clear that in order for there to be an effect, there has to be a cause too. So in that sense nothing is ever completely random neither.
Given that at no time there exists a way in which we can entirely control a particular thing or event, it has to be that everything is the result of other factors.
It is easy to experience law of causality in our every day life, and realize that it is a real thing. The force of nature so to say. That and assuming everything as inter-connected, then there can be no randomness neither. Randomness is an absolute condition, and can only exist in absolute terms.
Trungpa Rinpoche said that The Four Noble Truths is the first insight that Hinayana student is given at the very beginning of the beginning.
I hope that we are not too far from a time when this kind of course and questions are a part of the first year in school. It could be called “Thoughts on Causality and the Nature of Reality” and could be a component of larger study on critical thinking.