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One of Advaita’s (“not two” - no duality teaching) pointers is to pay attention to one’s choices and try to observe “free will”. I became curious about it a fe
by andrei_says_ 5y ago
One of Advaita’s (“not two” - no duality teaching) pointers is to pay attention to one’s choices and try to observe “free will”.
I became curious about it a few years ago - surely free will should be easy to see.
So far I have not observed a single choice independent of environment, conditioning, bodily needs, desires, thoughts, instincts or personal preferences. I have not chosen any of the above. I may be the only human without free will, or maybe what we call free will is a bundle of things that we don’t have any control, or “will” over.
- vosper 5y agoWhat’s free will if it doesn’t include choices based on thought or preference? I’m not really sure what’s left when you exclude all the things you listed :)
- andrei_says_ 5y agoExactly, not “free.” I am still waiting to observe this “independent / free” authoring force that presumably I choose with.
- dlkf 5y agoThe ancients had vastly a better take on free will (ie it is a completely incoherent notion) than the moderns.