Why the hell would I want to walk with a broken leg ? I'll let it pass as a stupid argument alongwith others like, flying as a bird, being Bill Gates, etc.
On Monday, February 25, 2019, Rajendra Pal Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > If , by chance, your leg gets broken I don't think you would have much > freedom to walk. > > On Mon 25 Feb, 2019, 11:18 AM ashok tewari <[email protected] wrote: > >> 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. >> > -- > > --- > 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.
