Freedom Of Choice, or Free will.

[Ewhaz]

while many great contemplations are included in our slow awakening to our greater purpose, one seems to stand out as of late.

what is the nature of free will. do we infarct have free will? is free will an illusion? these are some of my thoughts on the subject.

are we to say that we are under gods great design, and that our lives are in fact part of a greater skeem or plan to come to a predestined end? if so, free will is in fact an illusion, the end of the game is already set in stone and there is nothing for us to do but to follow the path to that end.

first, lets explore the idea that perhaps we don't have any free will, but in fact god is pulling all the strings and therefore nothing you 'choose' to do was your own doing, but rather a predestined choice that would happen no matter what. for all that matters, your just a means to an end, a concept created as a tool to evoke a change that was predetermined, nothing more than a screwdriver meant to tighten a screw and nothing more.

in that scenario did any of us choose to come into existence? how could we, before our very sense of self was achieved, we would have to have been created already. so until god effectively hit the on switch for our individual consciousnesses, we effectively did not exist.

with this skeem in mind, the net effect of our choices seems to be zero. nothing we would choose or desire has any effect because it had already been determined, planned and executed outside of any will of our own.

however, i had thought about this for a while. and while at first it seems to be a very bleak and uneventful existence, even this scenario (though i believe this scenario to be flawed) free will still takes on another form... the free will of god himself.

if we are god, we are part of him, split off into individual focuses to facilitate experience, then god chose (via free will) to become individual selves. in essence, free will is still a true concept. because god chose, and though it seems we have no free will, our nature as god means that in fact we have free will though vicariously through his experiences as a whole.

in the end i believe we do have free choice. the destination is set and we all return to the source. the path to that can take many directions and therefore we have a freedom to choose which path we will take. our creation wasn't chosen by us, but by god, and is therefore still our choice (as our relation as parts to the whole). the real illusion is that we don't have freedom of choice.

peace!

[Ewhaz]

i'll continue on my previous point.

every thing that i've read up until this point suggest that we all choose to be here. we choose to incarnate in this dimension, under these circumstances, in this time and in this place. while the exact nature of somethings may not have been chosen before hand, such as when one might prick their finger, other things have been chosen, such as life themes, some of the more major occurances, certain major relationships etc. we are not simply leaves blown in the wind, but come here with purpose and intent.

every one reminds us to be glad and joyful because our experience, though tedious and testing as it is, is one of great change and catalyst. we come here for more than just ourselves. the magnitude of our changes are hidden from us. what may seem like a minor triumph is magnified a thousand times over in our 'over soul' (our greater being, the greater reality). they say that those changes can transform more than just ourselves, entire galaxies feel the reverberation of our efforts to change for the greater good.

as far as freedom of choice, free will and the rest. i have already established that even if i do not have a choice and in fact everything i do is a predetermined plan set in motion by god (of which i am an intrinsic part) then free will is still in effect! think of this, when you move your hand to type out a message.. does it have free will? does it whine and complain that it does nothing but obey your every whim, typing out one letter after another? i think the greater question is... do the cells in your hand rejoice when you make work of them. have they, before the dawn of time, known all along that they would be put to this purpose and rejoiced gladly in the part they play as your or my hands?

free will is not apparent when you only look at the world around you. when you look at the distortions of those trying to control every one around them. free will does not seem to play a part in all of this when people have power over you. in the bigger picture, you see something else though, that you choose to be here, at this time, under these circomstances. so now free will plays another important roll at this time. do we look we look at the world and fret and fear, feel overwhelmed and shun every other man woman and beast, hide ourselves away from the wicked and evil world... or do we choose to do something about it? there is a saying, if your not part of the solution, you are the problem.

i choose to focus on the good in humanity. i choose to focus on the fact that even though people seem to be evil.. they are still part of god, and therefor deserve that respect. that does not mean i have to give in to their demands to enslave me, it only means that i send them love and light and go on my way. i focus on the good i can do rather than the bad they can do.

focus is energy. focus makes things self aware. to exist something must be self aware. ghandi said it best when he liberated india from british control. 'i am not against british rule, i am for indian self rule'. this point is very subtle, but it is so massively important! do not focus on what you don't want! your focus pours energy into the system, reinforcing the thing your focusing on! so if you focus on what you cannot change, it stays just as that, something you cannot change. but if you focus on what you can change then you begin to give energy and create motion in the process of change.

use your free will, otherwise you will feel powerless...

love and light

[Ewhaz]

back in my christian days, the issue of free will came up many a time. the basic argument was that there was a basis for predetermination when it came to salvation. i was always on the side of free will being necessary and came up with a few arguments that could help illustrate why free will is important and most likely the most viable truth.

free will gives our choices weight. now what i mean by weight is emotional weight. the choice has substance only if free will is in effect. we can take the scenario of two people calling on something to choose between them as to determine which one 'it' likes better.

at first they call a rock. the rock, being by its very nature and inanimate object, cannot respond to the call. so not only does it not move, both people have no idea if it likes either of them.. or for that matter if the thing is even alive enough to make that decision. next, they call a robot. now robots as of late have become more and more like living beings. they walk and talk, respond to stimuli and make choices based on the input. however, no one can argue that it is 'alive' while it mimics life its on a very small level and shows nothing that would indicate it can go beyond its programing. while calling it, it responds to some predetermined set of data to move to one person. while it has fulfilled the necessary requirements... because of the lack of a 'will' to begin with, the two people laugh and joke about it, but the decision still carries no weight. even though the robot is animate, able to make a decision based on data, and even executed that decision, that there is no will or soul behind those decisions. in the third scenario we have a small child thats important to the two people standing between them. now they call out to it. now the baby looks between the two, curios and interested in the sudden dynamic that he has encountered and begins to formulate a decision based on tons of information. the child would wobble and teeter, then adopting a path and trajectory he wobbles along to the adult on the left of him.

now the adult on the left feels warm and fuzzy, being the one the will has chosen. the adult on the right feels a sense of real loss, he wonders for a moment if the decision is arbitrary or if it has some deeper meaning. will his relationship with the child be forever decided by this one action of will? will he always be second best in the child's life? that decision has huge emotional weight.

with the robot, we understand that its choices are arbitrary and not under the control of a will.. even if it was programed to decide based on specific data that certain animals would live or die.. people would not be angry at the robot, but rather at the creator who designed it as such. the robot is nothing more than a glorified marionette with its strings replaced by wires. however if a person purposely harms a living creature with the intent to cause suffering.. we instantly feel a sense of shock at his choice. our sense of justice is affected and we feel the need to outcry against such cruel and senseless actions.

to see the dimensions of choice, i had another little scenario simplified to express this concept.

lets say that there was a form of consciousness that had taken the form of a 2 dimensionally black dot. the dot comes to exist on a perfectly white plane of existence. the plane extends infinetly in all directions. the black dot, being of sound mind and round body decides that its current location did not suit it. so it moves a few hundred meters to the west where it finds the same white plane extending in all directions. not satisfied with the results, he sets out again to the east and finds the same thing. for eons and eons he moves from one spot to the next and to the next and each time the net result is the same. the white plane extends in all directions. his choices, driven by free will still have no net effect. his free will is really not free will because it cannot effect change. his decision to change does nothing at all, nullified because the outcome is the same and unchangeable.

now if we add another dimension to this white plane, that being an expanse of a gray plane extending in the opposite direction we give the little dot's decision to change a measure of weight. now his choices effect something. now if he decides, he can exist in the white plane, or the gray plane.

now we see that in order for choices to be effective, to give it weight it must have two things. it must have free will and it must have a dimension in which to effect change by those choices.

without free will, we are just players on a stage.. our choices to do one thing or another have no weight because it is dictated by an outside force (despite that outside force using its free will through us).

without a dimension in which to move, free will is ineffective. if we say the outcome is perfectly predicted and enforced, then our choices hold no weight as well.

the more that i think about this topic, the more i am convinced i have free will to change my destiny if i so choose. it is only the fact that in reality the first and final product of our spiritual existence can coexist at the same time (because there is no time) that it seems everything is predetermined. it is not, but rather showing the final stage of the current choices we are making. everything is perfect just as it is, free will and all.

any way, i'll stop here and i'm not sure i have much more to say on the subject so this will probably be it..

i hope it helps some one!

god bless.
errol

[angelboy]

it is all a choice...to choose the right thing to do...the thing that resonates with the deepest, most truest essence of your being where it isnt about what feels right or not anymore and is simply a knowing....

just be that choice...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2838526428789108816&ei=81v1sudafzm82glu383kbq&q=freedom+of+choice



with love to all
angelboy

[MarkM]

it is all a choice...to choose the right thing to do...the thing that resonates with the deepest, most truest essence of your being where it isnt about what feels right or not anymore and is simply a knowing....

just be that choice...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...edom+of+choice

this vid has stuck with me since viewing.

today in metaphysical circles it is all the rage, it seems, to project responsibility for the inequalities in the world on the 'neg elites', or the illuminati - or in other words, some mysterious yet all powerful bogeyman exterior to our selves and all but untouchable.

we often feel, "yes, this is a terrible state of affairs! billions kept down so as to bolster the decadent and self indulgent lifestyles of the rich few on this planet!" then we go back to our pre-occupation with our insular lives, knowing that it's not our fault that this state of affairs exists, we didn't choose it..."this state of affairs is not of my free will!"

i recall the interviewing of some kids who were part of a large group of kids who laid a fatal beating on another child. each kid interviewed laid the blame on the mob, saying they didn't personally do enough to seriously hurt the child. individual blame subsumed by the collective, leaving the individual seemingly guilt-free, in their own minds.

so i just felt that in the present climate of blaming the 'negs' and other assorted bogeymen throughout history for the long enduring and engineered structures of pyramidal pillage and repression, this vid offers a fresh and sobering perspective of offering an opportunity (choice) to absorb the fact that it is only through the tacit acceptance and approval of the masses that this system is and has been in place.

it seems so easy and popular for even some spiritually seeking folk to exteriorize the responsibility for the world's inequalities, thus allowing them to perpetuate. every indignant call to arms against the negs is another strengthening and perpetuating act.

free will and choice are at the center of this phenomena, imo, and it's nevertheless true that i may be making some loopy connections here that will seem tenuous to many..:o.. yet to those who are addicted to reading of and railing against the horrors of our un-elected (unchosen) masters, i ask this - are they really un-elected?

we are encouraged in the loo philosophy to explore our dark sides - to accept, know, and forgive ourselves. we are encouraged to explore these regions, and by channeling the light of our more refined personal aspects, to bring our more unevolved impulses up the vibrational ladder, thus re-integrating all of our parts into a complete, harmonic whole.

when we are tempted to view the temptations offered up by the ego as evil and something to fought against, we perpetuate our inner divisions and postphone the spiritual work of allowing our more base desires to come to be transmuted via a viewing and testing which takes place completely in the full light of our conscious awareness.

in this light, a 'lower' temptation or urge may naturally evolve to become an aspect which is strengthening to ourselves as being oriented to the service-to-others polarity. in fact, it may even grow to be a major aspect of our very beingness, unsuspected and not recognized as such in its 'seed' form.

so on the world scene, we are seeing on a mass scale the results of enough of us awakening to the truth of how we have collectively manifested the bogeyman who serves to embody our own fears of our own shadow sides. we are beginning to truly take responsibility for ourselves and out-grow our historical need for big brother.

starting slowly, by ones and by twos, we see some of our former covert 'elite insiders' stepping into the spotlight of reunification, forgiveness and love. david wilcock is giving us the most remarkable expose of the "crumbling" of the neg apparatus. this can only happen as an inverse result of our collective choosing to take responsibility for our selves and our brethren, in forgiveness, acceptance and gratitude for all conditions, dark or light, which catalyse us to growth.

the work of awakening the world to becoming a place of love, plenty and universal good will progresses in step with the efforts of each individual as they integrate themselves and replace the war against the dark-side with full conscious love and appreciation of self, and the pulling back together of the parts which have been felt to be not worthy or too 'dark' or aberrant to be acceptable. to me, here lies the full potential of free will and choice.

accepting responsibility and 'owning' all that we are individually will energetically result in a small step in this same direction by mankind itself. mark

[angelboy]

thank you for your words on this mark...im inclined to agree with a lot of what you have stated.
i believe this is a very thought provoking video.

accepting and ''owning'' responsibility for one's thoughts, actions and consequences through experiential participation of everyone concerned.

peace and love
angelboy

[aqcheryl]

i like to believe that consciousness and the universal plan is perfect enough that the answer is not free will over fate, or fate over free will.

its both.

why not?

perhaps fate indeed is predestined, we are predestined for example to meet someone in this life or live where we are or the time we are, but its our free will in what we do with this.

we can choose to listen to this new person, or not to. we can choose to risk all and move, and apparently prior to our reincarnation we can choose when we want our next incarnation to be.

[vjvousden]

i'm hearing more and more plus reading more about enforced h1n1 vaccinations this fall. even from mainstream political sites (i won't name) asking people to sign petitions to stop passing a bill that would require everyone to get this untested (and in my opinion toxic & deadly) vaccination or go to prison (and still get it).

what are your thoughts on this? this is so against my freewill! has david mentioned this topic at all? if he did, i'm afraid i missed it. professionals i've talked to say avoid this shot at all costs. it's just not worth it. and i have a 7 yr. old and they are saying all school age children will be vaccinated, period.

help!

valarie vousden

[Ewhaz]

vjvousden

of course it's against your free will if they force it upon us. but then again it's all an illusion isn't it?

my intuition tells me that on some level, were i able to truly tap into my sovereignty and personal power that no one any where could truly force me to do anything. the 'how' of this is however still unknown. basically i had the idea that you could stand your ground and not one person could move you unless you let them.

now, as far as the vaccine is concerned. they are working overtime to instill fear and propaganda into this so that every one will willingly allow themselves to be vaccinated and unknowingly poisoned in order to create the pandemic they are supposedly trying to thwart. they are trying to make vaccinations mandatory, but how can we prevent ourselves from being victims of this insidious action? there are already actions underway that are helping to keep this from happening. i myself have signed several online petitions in order to try and do my part in this. there are lawsuits in place as well, so we may well see that if something to this effect comes about, it will be exposed for the fraud it is and only work against them further. i hope it doesn't come to that, many people will suffer if that's the case.

one part that i have been realize for my own freedom of choice is that my sovereignty exceeds all other forms of law or order. i am not bound by any law, rule, or moral code other than that i choose for myself. that being said i cannot at any point to try and force my chosen set of rules or moral code on any one, as that violates their sovereignty as well as my own. getting the local governments to realize this is another story. local governments tend to look down on any one who claims their sovereignty because it removes their power. never mind that government is supposed to be created by and for the people, not the other way around. we are the government, not them. they have begun to show their true colors and hopefully this will result in the mass awakening of all people.

as far as keeping it from happening should you get stuck with it either way, there are a few things you can look into. one is declaring religious reasons for non vaccination. ie your religion refuses it. check with your local laws about how this can be done(in some areas its fairly difficult though). another is talking to your doctor about how he can give you paper work that may excuse you and your son from vaccinations. another strategy was to state that you would only accept vaccinations on the grounds that you had a paper signed by your national 'head of medicine' and your own doctor stating that the vaccination was proven to be 100% effective and safe and that they are liable (accept responsibility) should this prove to be incorrect.

[transiten]

hi

like vjvousden i wonder if david has mentioned the h1n1virus and the implications around it? i really want his perspective on this "pandemic" and vaccinationhysteria....

transiten

[Brent Malik]

i couldn't agree more... although on a side note i know a few people, including myself, that have the phobia of needles. i don't think that would help out the situation anymore than what it already is! imo if someone is driven to get the vacanation there is no one stoping you, and through many ways its your choice. point is-you ether do or you don't. just my basic opinion on freedom of choice in this situation. now human beings forcing other human beings to get or not to get some thing is again my basic opinion on free will in this stituation. and as david mentioned before in 2012: look at the bright side (which is a very good audio blog:cool:) no body is better or worse then the other we are all equel.(not direct qoat.:)) and a postive enegy will resolve in a positve out come. personally i wouldn't take it. for 2 reasions-1st no one likes small sharp objects poking through your skin. (well i don't at least! lol) 2nd its not tested.:eek: thats my .02 though. very interesting topic.:)

[blitteaur]

personally i am a little worried about how they are presenting this swine-bird-human flu outbreak and its potential. they appear to be trying to work up a mass hysteria with no proof. however, the vaccinations have squalene which medical doctors have linked to our gi's gulf war syndrome. research shows flu strains usually mutate into weaker strains, not stronger strains.

baxter drug which received one of the vaccination contracts has a terrible history including pushing tainted vaccines with live bird flu ( unradiated ) to eastern europe. the world health organization has raised the this to a pandemic level # 6. there is lots of talk about mandatory shots enforced by the military and police. if this information is bogus, which i sure hope it is, someone please provide information.

i would like to see david research this and advise of his conclusion.

peace, love & light to all.

[Ewhaz]

if you're concerned about the mandatory flu vaccination, get your local sheriff involved. if you can convince them of their oath to uphold the constitution in the face of even federal opposition (which is why the constitution provides power to local authorities over federal authorities) they may be willing to act on your behalf should the federal government decide that it is necessary to mandate this vaccination.

this seems to me to be the most promising of all ideas that may very well protect your freedom of choice.

drop me a message and i can give you links to help start awareness and activism in your local communities as well as how to possibly convince your local sheriff to act on your behalf.

above all people, we must realize that this is not a call to revolution, nor to patriotism. the time for those things is past. we cannot hope to fight against them and win, we must simply refuse to allow them any more leverage over our lives and our freedom to choose. time to be peaceful warriors.

this is a catalyst, as all this has been. obama's goals appear to be very distorted towards the nwo agenda and many people are being forced to question everything as he continues to push his agenda. i'm not saying that obama is part of the nwo, only that it is the outward appearance and i try to remain skeptically hopeful. people are waking up! through all this, all my questions and personal distortions i can say one thing, in the end it works out for the best. we will make it through this, we will be an enlightened race of humans and part of the galactic community, but as dw said, at the critical point in a chaotic system when it reorders itself, no one will know which way it can go, including those forces trying to dissuade us from an enlightened frame of mind.

keep hoping for the best and keeping your vibrations high!. if you must prepare for the worst, do so quickly, get it out of the way and settle your mind so you can get back to being hopeful and helping to create a positive future for us all.

[11wanderer11]

personally i am a little worried about how they are presenting this swine-bird-human flu outbreak and its potential. they appear to be trying to work up a mass hysteria with no proof. however, the vaccinations have squalene which medical doctors have linked to our gi's gulf war syndrome. research shows flu strains usually mutate into weaker strains, not stronger strains.

baxter drug which received one of the vaccination contracts has a terrible history including pushing tainted vaccines with live bird flu ( unradiated ) to eastern europe. the world health organization has raised the this to a pandemic level # 6. there is lots of talk about mandatory shots enforced by the military and police. if this information is bogus, which i sure hope it is, someone please provide information.

i would like to see david research this and advise of his conclusion.

peace, love & light to all.

david's previous blog pretty much lays it all out for you here:
http://divinecosmos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=471&itemid=70

[Matthew Clark]

hi all,

an internal french government document that outlines detailed plans and orders for the force vaccination of the french population using secure “vaccine” facilities and starting from september 28th has emerged.

here is the link, however if the mods delete it, p.m me for it.

http://www.theflucase.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=448%3aemergency-update-leaked-french-government-document-reveals-details-of-who-forced-mass-murder-vaccination-programme-starting-september-28th-more-soon&catid=41%3ahighlighted-news&itemid=105&lang=en

also, greece is about to do the same. here we go!

can anyone give some advice here regarding what looks likely to be the beginning of many countries following suit? i know the best thing is not to fear but france is very close to the uk geographically and i know so many people will fall for this, take the injection and carry on with their lives.

david states the ruling elite are breaking down but as this is only a few short weeks away, can this be stopped? if so how? any comments would be appreciated.

if link is removed, there is a mention on project camelot about it.

love and light to you all, i think we may need it!

matt

[FooSnik]

i think the greater illusion is the idea that we do not have free will.

every action is a push against the universe and then we see what comes back to us.

but all the rules and systems and structure and blah blah have us thinking we are somehow bad for having our thoughts and feelings.

i have the same thoughts and feelings as you.

but all this structure keeps us isolated and feeling alone with our thoughts/feelings/desires.

just be free and be you. don't let them bring you down.

[PriestOfLight]

even with "forced" vaccinations you have free will. you can always say no. it is my thoughts that this is another catalyst to the new age. when something is forced on a population it gives the population the chance to rebel against the establishment hopefully changing things for the better.

as a population we would like to steer things peacefully, but the longer we hold out using our free will to steer it this way, the more forceful the catalyst will be to make that shift in consciousness.

i would theorize that by giving our free wills away it will always create a tyranical goverment that produces a catalyst that is meant to bring a population back to exercising individual free will and personal responsibility.

love and light

paul

[Ewhaz]

i was watching a project camelot interview of david icke. he pointed out a scene in the matrix where neo is talking to morphious while he's trying to explain about the matrix.

neo: "what are you trying to tell me? that i can dodge bullets?"

morpheus: "no, neo. i'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to."

then there is neo's classic response to them at the end of the first movie.

neo: "i know you're out there. i can feel you now. i know that you're afraid... you're afraid of us. you're afraid of change. i don't know the future. i didn't come here to tell you how this is going to end. i came here to tell you how it's going to begin. i'm going to hang up this phone, and then i'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. i'm going to show them a world without you. a world without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries. a world where anything is possible. where we go from there is a choice i leave to you."

what we are seeing is a pressing down. in the past, the steps were small and inconspicuous. now it seems that they are pressing hard and fast. they are trying to push the changes through so fast that we don't have the time to respond to it, but it's also having the opposite effect of making it more visible. if a cat wanders through a room while two people have a conversation, no one really pays attention to it if they are otherwise distracted. but if the cat barrels through the room at top speed and does some random stunt, it's harder to ignore.

[Matthew Clark]

hi all,

it has just been announced that the uk is to start vaccinations from next week. :eek:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/health/swine_flu/article6876657.ece

well at least it is not compulsary. i wont be taking it thats for sure!

[DFS]

over the years, i have moved from general philosophy into metaphysics and then into mysticism, which means i tend to look for both underpinnings and overarching concepts. i offer this info as a sort of forewarning. if you want, you can go to the law of one web site and select the topic, cosmology, to get the basics as well as a good introduction to the terminology. i'm going to offer my own simplified overview.

1) the first thing in the creation is infinity, the holarchical field containing all that is.
in western culture infinity is often called god.
2) god/infinity became aware, knowing self as "i am."
3) "i am that i am," the focusing of god/infinity into creative energy.
4) "i am that i can be," recognition of the ability to freely choose among infinite
possibilities, thereby knowing self through infinite many ness.
in other words, god is infinite, self-aware consciousness. god is all that is, meaning that all which exists is god, in god, of god, from god. nothing exists that is not god, and since god is consciousness, nothing exists that is not conscious.

to be, to exist, is to have options. the simplest option is whether to exist or to remain one with the unfocused possibilities. the more complex a thing, entity or being, the more complex the options, and the primal creative thrust, the creator's drive to know self, forces choices. however, free will is paramount, and even a quantum particle is free to break the patterns binding it.

free will is choice. to exist is to choose. all that exists must choose and change in order that the creator may know self. this is the primal thrust of the creative principle.. consider, then, what this means for those of us in this third density.

first, we need to remind ourselves that we are, like everything in this third-density illusion, god. every part and particle of us, individually and collectively, is conscious and making choices. we are hyper dimensional beings existing simultaneously in time/space and space/time, and we have made and are making choices in both of these dimensions.

our mature bodies are made up of an estimated 60-70 trillion cells, each constantly making choices. there's billions of bacteria, friendly and unfriendly, and then there are the grouping of cells functioning as organs, tissues, fluids, biochemistry , etcetera, and i haven't even touched on the mental and emotional complexities or the spiritual and metaphysical complexities, everyone of which involves choices.

and here you were thinking that free will and choices were about whether to have a snack or how to respond to the outrageous statements you've been reading.

in point of fact, our conscious choices represent a very small percentage of our moment-to-moment choices, but because they are related to our bottom-line attitudes and biases, they are among the most important we make. ultimately, after all the details are sorted and released, it is our bias toward control or toward acceptance that indicates our chosen life path through the densities.

we should be grateful that so few of our choices require conscious focus, freeing us to concentrate on the things and issues we have selected as important to our present life. i am among the millions who were born into this density with what is referred to as a genetic defect, and there are millions more who are disabled by disease or accidents. if asked, few of them would say, "i freely chose this." but we did.

all choices are freely made whether they are pre-incarnative or are a response to a catalyst. whether conscious or unconscious, on some level, we freely say, "i choose this."

even if we rely on habitual or conditioned responses, or if we allow others to abuse us, control us or to choose for us, we do so freely.

in the early days of my metaphysical studies, i met a fellow who said, "for once, i would just like to learn a life lesson in joy." i smiled and agreed, thinking how painful many life lessons were.

some 30 years later, i finally understand that joy, love, resentment, fear, acceptance, gratitude, anger, hate and all such emotional attitudes are not consequences. they are free choices. i may react with anger or chagrin, but i am free to consciously choose to forgive that initial reaction, accept it and release it, often with amusement at self. in a thoroughly scripted incarnation,, which my present one quite clearly is, my only free will choice as my present persona may well be how i choose to consciously respond to the catalyst. but in the end, when the reviewing is done, it is one's biases and attitudes that really matter.

the keys are self observation and a willingness to accept total responsibility for every choice and every consequence, even the ones i do not consciously recall making. self observation offers opportunities to catch myself reacting out of habit or conditioning. catching self out then allows one to freely choose to forgive, accept and to choose a new attitude, which could even be something as outrageous as joy.

feel free to give it a try.

dfs