Sam Harris does not ascribe to the notion of free will and he may even reject the idea of determinism as well. What we have is a free will not to be determined - that's where the siddha yoga comes in. A siddha is free from karma due to his or her will power to rise above duality.
The siddhi in its pure form means "the attainment of flawless identity with Reality (Brahman); perfection of Spirit. In South India, a siddha refers to a being who has achieved a high degree of physical as well as spiritual perfection or enlightenment." Siddha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddha http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddha Siddha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddha In Hinduism, a siddha is "one who is accomplished". It refers to perfected masters who have achieved a high degree of physical as well as spiritual perfec... View on en.wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siddha Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : Richard, I heard Maharishi say: 100% determinism and 100% free will. That feels right to me. From: "richard@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 1, 2015 11:24 AM Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Machinelike or Random? You really can't have it both ways, Share. We are either free or we are bound. If free, then there would be no reason to employ a yoga; if bound, by what means can we free ourselves? Based on the theory of karma we all get our due based on the idea that whatever goes up must come down. There's no human levitation because that would negate the law of karma, cause and effect. So, we are bound by the physical laws of causation - this applies to everyone in the physical as well as the mental world (samkaras) of human existence. We are what we were. This law applies to everyone without exception. The only way to be free is to be able to transcend the physical world of matter and our own mental preoccupations. In order to free oneself, you must go beyond mind and intellect and experience the pure consciousness (samadhi). The path from suffering is the introduction of the pure consciousness thru yoga. To rise above (siddhi) the limitations of name and form and *isolate* the Purusha. Otherwise, you are bound to suffer in this world by the mere fact of being born, living, age and death - nobody gets out of here alive, but yogis enjoy. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <sharelong60@...> wrote : noozguru, does it have to be either or? Can it not be both and? Or even neither? From: "Bhairitu noozguru@... [FairfieldLife]" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> To: "FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com" <FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2015 10:57 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Machinelike or Random? Are you machinelike or random?
