Efficacy
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All existence follows the law of cause & effect
Something within existence, causes something else within existence
There is nothing that is non-caused or caused by itself (self-caused)
The result of a cause is the effect
The effect becomes the cause for something else
Cause -> Effect -> Cause->Effect->...
Any state is completely determined by prior state + laws of nature (which the prior state follows)
You are partly responsible for what happens in the world
Any intention, thought, speech, actions you do affects the whole world
Power to Change
One has power/capacity to influence one's present & future
Knowing a cause which yields in a specific Effect
e.g., consuming less calories while maintaining the rest, one will loose weight
Causal Universal Interdependence - Affecting the whole Existence
Anything&all <-affects-> anything&all
All is interdependent with all
Analogy - Domino Stone
The 1st Domino-piece affects only it-self and the second piece. The 2nd piece affects only it-self and the 3rd piece. This continuous until there are no more Domino-pieces.
The first Domino-piece is then a/the Cause for the e.g., final/infinite Domino-piece
Similarly in reality
A e.g., decision to act out of good-will instead of ill-will, at first glance, may only affect your-self and the recipients of the good-will. However, the recipients will change their actions and so affect others until the whole existence is reached.
Thoughts, intentions condition your mind i.e., habit energy resulting in a future potential to occur
Imagine the mental state of ill-will arises and you suppress it via stimulating the mental state of good-will
Future
The conditioning of good-will increases and will occur in the future more
Present
Good-will is present and causes e.g., actions out of good-will
Imagine if X wouldn't have happened
Discovery of the steam-engine
Discovery of fire
All within is caused by all within existence
