Actually Bryant if you have will you can not be controlled by God. you are making a contradictory statement. But you are guided by God in your actions you have the choice to go against the guidance of God.. a simple word but a great deal of difference in meaning. Allan
On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:26 AM, the taoist shaman <[email protected]>wrote: > > > RP Singh wrote: > > Whichever way you look at it the fact is that this world and > > everything in it is an illusion because everything is predetermined by > > God and nothing is permanent and merges with God and loses all > > individual identity. That freedom to act which moves along a > > predetermined course is not actually a freedom but an illusion as > > such. Still the fact remains that as far as we are concerned we are > > free and accountable to ourselves and others for whatever we do as we > > are the agents. But it is a cool thought that knowing our bondage we > > shouldn't be proud of our achievements and depressed about our > > failure , rather we should act with a coolness of purpose and not look > > down upon our less fortunate brethren. Ever acting to the best of our > > abilities in a spirit of Yoga we should surrender all our actions to > > God. > > > i cant agree with this, god gave us free will, if we were all in some > state of constant possession , our actions being controled by god , > our existence would be meaningless , i am an individual and at the > same time a part of a single life force to which all life is a part , > and i am responsible to do gods will and how i choose to do that is > entirely up to me , as i walk this path i hopefully draw near to my > destination and purpose , when this purpose is fulfilled my life will > be cut short and i will be given my reward , or i will continue to > struggle and fruitfulnessly mingle -with my own frustrations -clinging > to me as an echo throughout eternity . -- ( ) I_D Allan If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
