The simple illustration is that of the egg in the nest. The egg lying in the nest is an effect of another act, the previous act of the bird that laid it. While it is a consequence of an act, it is also the cause of another thing, and that is the new bird that will be hatched. It is a link between what was and what will be. Just so is every thought you have and every deed you do a link between something that made you do or think or say this thing and that which will be the result of your having said or thought or done this thing.
