Of the Ten Factors, Causes are those actions that contribute directly to the present. This factor and the next three – Conditions, Effects and Consequences – directly refer to the law of cause and effect. Cause, in this context, refers to all of our thoughts, words and deeds, which become the seeds in the depths of our lives. The accumulation of these seeds are the habit-patterns that determine the ways in which our life will unfold. In fact, the dominant world or state of mind that is our usual state of being is the fruition of these very seeds. Therefore, it is very important that we plant as many good seeds in our life as possible.