"The Universe" doesn't give us anything. As christians, believing this kind of belief is just weird. Because God is the one who has everything in His hands, the whole universe. He created the whole universe and us, so He is the one charge of our lives after all.
But we are the ones making decisions for our lives, because God gave us that right. We can choose right, we can love God, help others and embrace goodness, or we can choose wrong, hate people, be violent or uncontrollable. We can also choose to repent today and allow Holy Spirit to renew our lives according to His will.
But obviously we can be influenced. But after all, it is psychology of our mind, it is how we work, not universe. What you consume with your eyes, how can you stop thinking about it?