1.3. Bring It Down From the Clouds

There is nothing 'fantastical' or 'up in the sky' about Causalism. It is not weighed down by history and rituals. There is no suspension of reason. In fact, it is the opposite. Causaism requires a serious and humble reasoning of the implications of, 'What if existence, particularly my existence, really is causally determined? What if I have absolutely no free will?' 

Instead of claiming, 'This is definitively the nature of reality!' or 'This is what you must believe is happening up in the clouds!', we ask: if we believe Causalism to be true, then what?

It is a belief-based prompt, not a fact-based conclusion. 

It is a beginning, not an end.

(See more in Section 2.6.)