---You mean the question of free will. The jury's out on this question, which we (and philosophers going back thousands of years), have gone over before. Choice may or may not "really" exist; but in any event, our lack of knowledge concerning the future, and karmic interactions in general, serve us a plate of alternative "apparent" choices, and there's currently no proof as to the nature of the "realness". I realize that some Gurus - like Ramana Maharshi - say there's no free will; but why should his statement be believed; especially in view of the statements regarding karma: that karma is unfathomable - even for Sages?. Ramana is a Sage but this doesn't make him an expert in karma. There are no experts in karma, and there's no proof or even evidence for Ramana's assertion, other than the appeal to authority. (but in regard to the appeal to authorities, I wouldn't trust MMY to guide anybody in matters of economics).
In [email protected], "Marek Reavis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Comment below: > > ** > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > **Snip** > > > > > Still another way of looking at it is that it is > > a choice *only in retrospect*, i.e., from the > > perspective of realization, but not from the > > waking-state perspective ("Knowledge is different > > in different states of consciousness"). > > > > **End** > > This (above), is backwards. "Realization" is the extinction of even > the concept of "choice". It's in the so-called waking state where > choice (like waking state) "appears" to exist. > > Realization is that it doesn't. >
