Guest guest Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Sahaja Yoga and Free Will I have always been puzzled by the question of free will. It seemed that my choices have been entirely based on a complex of reasons based on the totality of what I am at the instant of the choice. It was inevitable that I would make that choice since it was totally based on reasons. Free will implies a choice made based on true randomness rather than totally on reasons. But if it had randomness, it wasn't my free will anyway. Again, conventional reincarnation theory states that the spirit has the free will to choose what body it is reincarnated in. But why would millions of spirits choose a body that is aborted before it even gets a start? For me, the usual rebuttal to the no-free-will theory is: if we don't have free will and everything is fore-ordained, then what is the purpose of life? I have just realized an answer to this rebuttal: The purpose of life is to experience it. When we listen to a recording of a symphony, each note is fore- ordained. But the experiencing of the symphony is the important thing. Indeed, we seem built to often want to experience the same known symphony many times. So when we make a " choice " which is really not a choice but based on our reasons at the instant, we have the illusion (maya) of choice, but the important thing is the experiencing of the result of this " choice " . Similarly, the spirit of the aborted fetus has experienced that short life. How does this fit in with Sahaja Yoga? Exceedingly well. When we go into thoughtless awareness, we are really giving up the illusion of free will (thoughtless), and going into the direct experience of life (awareness). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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