Spiritual laws have very little to do with cultural concepts of right or wrong, or good or bad; rather they teach us about actions and consequences. For example, if I climb a mountain but ignore the law of gravity, this doesn’t make me a bad person; it just makes me ignorant, injured, or dead. We can declare gravity illegal or even immoral, but the law of gravity still applies.

Despite moral precepts, which differ among cultures, people still commit crimes. Only seeing the consequences of our actions engenders wiser behaviors. Morality comes from social ideas. Wisdom comes from aligning our life with higher (spiritual or universal) laws of reality. Sooner or later, one way or the other, the challenges and consequences of daily life teach us about cause and effect, action and reaction; we come to respect the powers of nature and to appreciate the inherent justice of spiritual law.

Excerpt From
The Life You Were Born to Live (Revised, 25th Anniversary Edition)
Dan Millman