I think the root of the problem is in trying to use logical proof to reason about things that are beyond the limits of logical reasoning and our relatively smal

I think the root of the problem is in trying to use logical proof to reason about things that are beyond the limits of logical reasoning and our relatively small human minds. We know from results like the Godel Incompleteness theorem that even mathematics has very real limits on what is provable through human reasoning. The logical paradox of free will and determinism is like the paradoxes used within mathematics to prove its own limits. It is unfortunate but predictable that we cling to the delusion that we can resolve the paradox of free will through logical reasoning. There are some aspects of reality, particularly those dealing with one’s own mind or self, that cannot be reasoned about. It is also a well known open secret that those aspects of reality, while beyond the reaches of thinking and logical explanation, can be directly experienced. The practitioners of various forms of meditation experience have a great deal to report about such experiential knowledge.