RP, I am inclined to concede that your will is relatively free. As for mine, it is absolute. No effing God interferes with my freedom to will as I please. And, indeed, to do what I want to do.
On Monday, February 25, 2019, Rajendra Pal Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > In other words, man has free will because he can reason out things and > after understanding all options, he can exercise his will to do this or > that. But who has given you the faculty of reason and understanding, you > have received it through your genes, which are God-given, and hence you are > bound. > But, in relative terms, we are free because we always have a choice, and > are this accountable for our action and thoughts. > > On Mon 25 Feb, 2019, 7:41 AM Vam <[email protected] wrote: > >> Human brain decodes sensory inputs availed through five senses. >> >> It is experienced with related karmic impressions from before, in human >> subconscious, alongwith current judgement of the experiencing self : like >> or dislike, want or no-want. >> >> The experience itself is an emotion, a reactive feeling in one's vitality. >> >> Will follows emotion, by the desire prompted by our judgement of the >> experience, objectified as an association embedded in the thing, object or >> being perceived, from which the sensory input is availed. >> >> Will essentially is the drive, to desire, want or possess the object if >> the experience is pleasing; or to drive away, negate or remove the object >> (or oneself) from the encounter. >> >> Before the will is actually unleashed, causing action, it is subjected to >> conscious thought, analysis and evaluation. Those who do not subject the >> will to examination would be categorised as brutes. >> >> That conscious deliberation offers us the window of opportunity, >> instantaneous or over the longer term, to choose from seeming options and >> alternatives : this or that, now or later, do or not. >> >> That is the whole story of free will. That is, I repeat, if one is not a >> brute ! >> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> ""Minds Eye"" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ASHOK TEWARI -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
