Mysticism teaches that freedom of action is a function of the degree to which the spirit, rather than the mind, is active in your consciousness. Being without parties is outside the sphere of the effect. Acting through the intermediaries of mind and matter, the mind brings all the changes in the physical universe but is not affected by the actions.
Our soul is a drop of this omnipresent consciousness which therefore enjoys the same qualities.
Julian Johnson writes:
It is in the soul that all the consciences and all the powers reside.
All that is beneath the soul, even the mind, is unconscious, automatic and, mechanical in action, all light, all intelligence, harmony, rhythm, beauty, wisdom, love, morality and power come from the soul. They are all derived from the mind so are all conveyed to the mind by the spirit, in the same way that the electric current gives the power to the bulb to make it glow.
When seen in this way, as an automatic mechanism, it becomes much easier to understand how the laws of cause and effect control human behavior, as well as inanimate objects.
On the other hand, if a rock fell from a high cliff is considered to fall under the effect of gravity. No, the rock falls mechanically. Do you think that the flowers turn to the Sun because they think it is necessary that photons of light for photosynthesis? No, the plant just comes automatically. However, if I ask you if you have chosen freely to read this, you will probably say: “Yes, this law belonged entirely to me. I had to read it and I could start or stop reading these pages at will. ” But almost all the intentions of your mind are controlled by laws as regular as the other forces of the universe? In other words, what you want is just as much a function of cause and effect as the movement of a foliage or a flower that leans towards the sunlight. Albert Einstein shared this view, which is consistent with the principles of both spiritual and material science (even the value will be explained in the next section). Einstein said:
Honestly, I can’t understand what people mean when they talk about the freedom of human will. I have the feeling, for example, of something; But what relationship does it have with freedom? I feel like I’m going to light my pipe and I do, but I connect it to the idea of freedom? What hides behind the will to light the pipe? Another act of will?
Schopenhauer once said: man can do what he wants, but he cannot want what he wants. “You talk about people talking about free will in nature, it’s hard for me to find a suitable answer. This idea is, of course, absurd.
Pulls from a book by Sant Mat:
God’s whisper, the Devil’s thunder.
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By Brian Hines.