There is only one ' will ' and that is of the Creator , what we are all doing is following that ' will '. God has made Nature in such a subtle way that there appear to be so many free individualities but in reality Freedom is just an ' illusion '.
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Mardi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mar 1, 8:26 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Sorry RP I can't get with that at all, as you well know by now. >> >> A persons nature is not static but moves as the person does. It is >> possible to shake of the products of an 'early envirmonent', hence we >> have so many atheists from religious households. >> >> Do we all act within the scope of Gods will? > > I know I don't show up here as often as most of you - life is pretty > busy! But I like to follow the conversations and when I have time to > throw in my two cents. So here is my two cents for today! I agree with > Rigs and Lee here; you both have expressed my thought quite well. RP > when you quote the BG you are referring, of course to a different "I", > a different actor than the "I" we normally experience ourselves to be. > Are you making that distinction? The "I" of which we are conscious of > being is the individualized limited ego-self. Do you believe in the > unlimited divine Self, the atman which is the same as Brahman, the > unqualified absolute Reality? When that "I" acts it is naturally > always in concert with the nature of the infinite Truth and therefore > there is only one will. However I believe our discussion is about our > commonly experienced "I" which chooses in the context of the realm of > duality along with all the other experienced perceived "I"s of > everyone else. Until we achieve realization we experience ourselves as > the individualized ego-self which is, as Lee has noted, and as Hindu > and Buddhist teachings point out, conditioned by our past choices, our > circumstances, and the conflicting desires of all the others around > us. Which is what I believe Lee is saying?
