As we go down the path of self awareness.One question that comes up is ….
Q.How much of our actions are dictated by Destiny=? OR
Q. How much of life is a result of our conscience-choice=? OR
Q.Are we the Master of our Destiny..=? Come on..
Deep Discussion…With me
Different philosophical scholars of thought believe different things. The two Prominent & dramatically opposite views are…
1- Determinism ;–Everything is Pre-determined in the world.
2- Free-Will ;– We have complete freedom of choice.
Which aspect…do You in favour…?
Ancient Eastern Philosophies have tended to lay greater emphasis on Determinism, while there’s been bigger support for Free-will among modern-Libertarians.
The rise of Individualism in modern society has furthered the notion (thought) that we create our own reality sharing up the concept of Free-Will.
Determinism– is casually determined by an unbroken chain of prior- occurrences. In it’s extreme version, it suggests that human beings have no way of changing the course events. This sound paralyzing but it may be grounded in trouth. Using biological approach, there’s the role of the genetics code the DNA carries the individual’s “Entire-History”.
Now the philosophy of “KARMA” decrease the human beings… primarily act out the effects of “Past-Karma”.
Meanwhile “FREE-WILL” supports the existence of our rational (VIVEKPURN) agency through -which we can exercise control over “Our-decision”.
It also implies that nature’s Universal-Laws do not exert (to force) any power over Individual-Will.
How to reconcile this with our intuitive belief that we are able to make independent decisions to create our own “Destiny” through Vision, Talent and Commitment.
Personal experience often supports ‘the view’ that we choose the career we want to pursue, decide on the food. We want eat, determine the extent of Hard-Work.We put in , have the freedom to choose our Leisure-Activities (FURSAT ke KRIYA-KALAP) and so on.
The discussion between “Determinism” & “Free-Will” has to examine whether the laws of nature are casually deterministic of our actions.You know the whole universe is governed by the law of Nature such as the cycle of ‘Birth’ & ‘Death’ and again ‘Karma’.
In general mostly people..
MIND-SET —
“Destiny is nothing but these laws of Nature unfolding scientific and spiritual progress merely helps us to understand these laws a bit better.”
The law of “Karma” also says ..Our experiences are dictated by our “Store-Karma” . That why some people instinctively get angry in a situation that leaves others calm., Why some are Pre-disposed to be ambitious and others not.
It is pre-arranged in our Karmic-Psyche.We are born with this Karmic-Psyche and every interaction with Environment means we generate and store “Additional-Karma” (Done by Desire) to that extent, all our decision even though we may confuse them with Free-Choice.
Infact they are at best an outcome of our “Conditioned-Will” (Not Free-Will) and constrained by our hereditary and Environmental limitations.
Shri Ram-Krishna Paramhans, Swami-Vivekanand’s Guru explained it thus ; Man is like a Cow tied to a pole with a rope bound by the Karmic debts and human Nature , and the amount of free-will .
She has analogous (ANURUP) only to the rope allows .
The argument strengthens the case for laws of Nature to be casually Deterministic of our lives…So
Q.Does Free-Will exist at all=?
Ans. Yes but it comes in to play only when we make a Conscious-Choice that we would not be governed by conditioned responses.
Our ability to make Meaningful-Choices is determined by our level of Mindfulness at that moment…How aware we are our True-Identity…? & How connected we are with our inner conscience ness, alive inside each of us , can be path to examining every situation with new awareness.But for this we need to let go of conditioned responses and let our inner wisdom guide us .
Swami Ramkrishna completed his explanation of ‘Free-Will’ saying that “As one progresses on the journey of spirituality, the rope of freedom becomes longer.”
Allowing for greater access to authentic” FREE-WILL”.
Please read “This discussion” very serious & carefully because it is… “Mind-over-matter”… Thanks
; Pachahara, YUG
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