What we think and feel, though it is “inside of us,” has an external impact that we generally ignore. Thus, our actions, whether internal or external, have effects.
Excerpt from Karma is Negotiable, Nikias Annas
Suffering
Much — if not all — suffering occurs because of ignorance about cause and effect. By ignorance we do not mean a lack of book study or intellectual understanding, but to a lack of real knowledge.
Excerpt from Karma is Negotiable, Nikias Annas
The Law
Cause and effect is not a theory or a belief, it is a law. As a law, it does not matter if you have heard of it, believe in it, or ignore it. Everything about you is subject to the law of cause and effect.
Even gravity is a minor law in comparison with cause and effect. A few miles above the surface of the Earth, the power of gravity begins to fade. Yet cause and effect has no such boundary. It manages every existing thing, on every level, from the subatomic to universes.
Excerpt from Karma is Negotiable, Nikias Annas