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Ok so you want a little more instruction on free will vs determinism. This has been a subject that has driven many a mortal to his ends, but its actually a very simple concept. Those who believe in fate and destiny are fated and destined. Those who do not believe in such constraints have free will.
It is much harder to live a life if you choose your own path. You have to have a strong mind, and strong convictions to stay on your path and accept responsibility for the choices you make. Not that having a fate is a bad thing. If a child feels fated to become a doctor and that idea of fate pushes him to excel then fate is a good thing. The opposite is when a person feels destined to become a failure, whether it was how they were coded growing up or the chemicals that control their perception. This is a very bad thing. The reason that determinism is such a bad thing is because your like a piece of driftwood in an ocean of choice. You "go with the flow". If you go with the flow and a choice comes your way that might not be the right choice you will tend to ride that choice like a wave heading right for a razor sharp coral reef. You get wrapped up in the undertow and your last thought is I was destined for this and you will except your fate and die.
Those who make choices realize that they can always change their mind. If they got caught up in the undertow, they know they can still swim to the top to get a breath, no matter how strong that current is, the human will to survive is stronger. Thousands of years has shown me just how ingenious you are. Of course you don't always make the right choices. Free-will is dangerous because you think that your choice has no consequence, since you have free-will. When you use your free will to impede another's free-will, you effectively end free-will. It cancels itself out. Like two waves hitting each other at their crest they cancel each other out. See with great power comes great responsibility the more powerful you become sometimes the more unresponsible you become. There are so many variables that go into free-will it's mind boggling, but you have the ability to break the mold and do anything if you believe you can do it. I will talk at length some other day about variable free will, but not today.
If you remember only one thing, if you think you are determined you will be, if you feel you are imprisoned you will be, if you feel guilty you will be. If you believe you can break the chains you will be able to. Reality is clay for your own molding and when you reach a level of understanding about your own self you can do anything. Be responsible because actions lead to other actions. There are constraints in the world, some which should be adhered to and some that don't need to be adhered to. You have the final say when you are ready to speak and know what you want to talk about. You make the choice if you want to use the waves to get to where you want to go, or if you just want to ride them to where ever they might take you.
It is much harder to live a life if you choose your own path. You have to have a strong mind, and strong convictions to stay on your path and accept responsibility for the choices you make. Not that having a fate is a bad thing. If a child feels fated to become a doctor and that idea of fate pushes him to excel then fate is a good thing. The opposite is when a person feels destined to become a failure, whether it was how they were coded growing up or the chemicals that control their perception. This is a very bad thing. The reason that determinism is such a bad thing is because your like a piece of driftwood in an ocean of choice. You "go with the flow". If you go with the flow and a choice comes your way that might not be the right choice you will tend to ride that choice like a wave heading right for a razor sharp coral reef. You get wrapped up in the undertow and your last thought is I was destined for this and you will except your fate and die.
Those who make choices realize that they can always change their mind. If they got caught up in the undertow, they know they can still swim to the top to get a breath, no matter how strong that current is, the human will to survive is stronger. Thousands of years has shown me just how ingenious you are. Of course you don't always make the right choices. Free-will is dangerous because you think that your choice has no consequence, since you have free-will. When you use your free will to impede another's free-will, you effectively end free-will. It cancels itself out. Like two waves hitting each other at their crest they cancel each other out. See with great power comes great responsibility the more powerful you become sometimes the more unresponsible you become. There are so many variables that go into free-will it's mind boggling, but you have the ability to break the mold and do anything if you believe you can do it. I will talk at length some other day about variable free will, but not today.
If you remember only one thing, if you think you are determined you will be, if you feel you are imprisoned you will be, if you feel guilty you will be. If you believe you can break the chains you will be able to. Reality is clay for your own molding and when you reach a level of understanding about your own self you can do anything. Be responsible because actions lead to other actions. There are constraints in the world, some which should be adhered to and some that don't need to be adhered to. You have the final say when you are ready to speak and know what you want to talk about. You make the choice if you want to use the waves to get to where you want to go, or if you just want to ride them to where ever they might take you.
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Thank you for your insight. I will have to read this several times for it all to sink in. But I appreciate the time you took giving me an explanation.
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