In reality there is no cause or effect, there is only the indifference of the universe.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent.
The mind is the effect, not the cause.
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
The universe is neither friendly nor hostile. It is merely indifferent. This makes me ecstatic.
While some no other cause for life can give, but a dull habitude to live.
The cause ceasing, the effect ceases also.
Yes, I do believe that there is a cause and effect and a ripple effect upon everything everybody does, and they have positive consequences and negative consequences. If you start to focus on the kind of minutia of that, it's really quite extraordinary.
Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.
The universe is not indifferent to our existence - it depends on it.
Nothing exists from whose nature some effect does not follow.