Of the Ten Factors, Effects are the immediate consequences of present activity. Whenever we act, speak, or even think about something, there is an immediate effect upon our lives. That effect might be so minimal as to be hardly noticeable. However, effects primarily refers to the planting of a new seed in the depths of our lives, not just the immediate change in our conscious lives. The importance of this is that everything that we do has an effect upon our day-to-day life and, even more important, upon our inner life.