You know..
“Life is a journey from DESTINY to FREE-WILL”
For an example In short, we can define .. ” Height of our body is “Destiny” & the weight of our body is “Free-Will”
But I think it’s a very serious & mind over matter so….
So taking it minutely I studied some great profound scholars for the purpose of self awareness, Many questions often rise.. that,
No.1 ” How much of our actions are dictated by Destiny..?
No.2 How much of life is a result of our conscience-choice..?
No.3 Are we the builders of our Destiny..? ”
There are very serious questions…
During the study I got that…
The philosophical schools of thought believe different things..
There are two Prominent & Dramatically opposite views…
No.1- Determinism :–
according to determinism..Everything is predetermined (Pre-destined).
No.2- Free-Will :–
it gives us ‘first’ complete freedom of choice to do something.. in our life
If we go in Ancient Eastern philosophies, we find greater emphasis on ‘Determinism,’ while there has been bigger support for ‘Free-Will’ among modern libertarians.
Today, the rise of ‘Individualism’ in modern society has furthered the notion that we create our own reality sharing up the concept of ‘Free-Will’.
Determinism:–
Represents the view is casually determined by an unbroken chain prior occurrences.
The philosophy of ‘Karma’ decrees that human beings primarily act out the effects of ‘Past Karma’.
Meanwhile ‘Free-Will’ supports the existence of our rational agency through which we can exercise control over our decision.
It also implies that nature’s universal laws donot 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 & 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 if hand-work. We put in, have the freedom to choose our leisure activities and so on.
The debate between “Determinism” & “Free-Will” has to examine whether the laws of nature are casually deterministic of our actions.
The whole universe is governed by the law of Nature..Such as the cycle of ‘Birth’, ‘Death’ & again ‘Karma’
But mostly mind-set.. Destiny is nothing unfolding scientific & spiritual progress merely helps us.
understand these laws a bit better. The law of “KARMA” also tells us that our experiences are dictated by our own cumulative ‘Stored -KARMA’ that’s why some people instinctively get angry in a situation that leaves other calm, why some are predisposed to be ambitious and others not.
It is pre-arranged in our karmic psyhe, we are born with this ‘Karmic-psyhe’ and every interactions with environment. It means we generate and store additional-Karma which done by free-desire to that extent,all our decisions come from a Pre-programmed disposition.
Even though.. we may confuse them with ‘Free-Choice’
Infact,they are at best an outcome of our constrained by our Hereditary & Environmental limitations. We know that Shri Ramkrishna 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” , “Human-Nature” & the amount of “Free-Will”. She has analogous only to the rope allows. The argument strengthens the case for laws of the nature to be casually deterministic of our lives.
So does Free-Will exist at all..? Yes, but it comes into 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 and how connected we are..! with our inner conscienceness, 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.
In the end 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’.
Thanks for reading👍
; Yogendra Singh, Pachahara,
Jain Inter College,Sasni, Hathras
K L Jain Inter college, Sasni,Hathras
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