Re: themissinglink has joined the forum

Posted by themissinglink on 1163635800
Freewill

Freewill is not a single option.
We do not choose our point of origin, gender or general appearance. Nor do we select genetic abnormalities or psychological strengths and weaknesses.
We do not opt for natural disasters or control regional weather patterns. We do not choose present economic conditions, social norms and values or the system of gevernment established by our forefathers.
We do not choose the lessons taught by our elders, the degree of negativity or encouragement with which we are raised. We are determined biologicly, environmentaly, socially, financially, by the thoughts and actions of those who have lived before us and by the thoughts and actions of those who live today. We are determined by our own ignorance to choose from options and alternatives we are aware of.

At the same time we are free. We enjoy freedoms that reflect tasts and personal preferences, and are free to the degree of awareness of the factors that inifluence our lives.
We are free to wage war, to ignore those in need, to disregard the feelings and wishes of others. We are free to choose rite from wrong, to persue our own selfish desires, to destroy life on a planitary scale. Some of us even feel free enough to summon and pass judgment on that which has made our existence possible. But, not without consequences.

True freedom stems from integrity and coming to terms with that which is linked to our spirits and that which touches our hearts. True freedom comes from understanding and excepting what is. Where freedom is bestowed on the basis of one's point of origin and or financial standing, there will be no peace. The real question is, do we want to be free or do we want to be loved? There is a world with love, or a world without. Which of the two is greater?

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