Do We Actually Have Free Will?
Free will: the ability to choose unimpededly.
Choice means making a decision based on our understanding. That isn’t free will; that is doing what we want according to our personal agenda.
There is, however, that which precedes free will, and is present before a choice is made.
That is unimpeded pure consciousness, free of judgements and prior to any decision making.
Judgement is done in the mind, due to the level or limitations of our understanding.
If our free will denies others’ free will, this is a misjudgement resulting from an incorrect assessment.
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Could you go into more depth on this?
“There is, however, that which precedes free will, and is present before a choice is made. That is unimpeded pure consciousness, free of judgements and prior to any decision making.”
Would you go into more depth on this?
There is, however, that which precedes free will, and is present before a choice is made. That is unimpeded pure consciousness, free of judgements and prior to any decision making.