IF EVERY THING HAPPENS AS PER GOD'S WISHES ,THEN DO WE HAVE A FREE WILL ? IF YES THEN HOW AND WHERE DOES OUR FREE WILL WORK?
This
is a bit tricky question yet I am trying to answer it in best possible way in
this present moment .Yes GOD’S will is supreme .It is his will that we are
created and it is his will that we get destroyed .God wants so the world is
happening .Rivers are flowing ,birds are chirping ,flowers are blooming .This
whole existence ,the whole divinity is happening on god’s will . we have no
existence without god .Rather our vaster self itself is god .Nothing in this
world exists without god . we are not above god ,we have not created him
therefore we cannot govern him .we are created by god we are in total control
of him . He has stepped on this planet earth by taking our forms and is dancing
in every bit .
On
the body level our identity takes shape and we start feeling thyself as
individual beings .we take our control and start making choices in life . GOD
IS TOTAL CHOICELESS AWARENESS so he gives us freedom to act and react . when a
human is born he is choice less but as he grows in the society his action starts
getting conditioned by the society where he dwells . His mind fills with ideas
of thousand of people who are now dead or alive . He makes all decisions on the
basis of cause and effects .
This type of conditioned mind is not free
because it can never go beyond its own borders, beyond the barriers it has built
around itself . And it is very difficult for such a mind to free itself from
its conditioning and go beyond . This
conditioning is imposed upon it, not only by society, but is also accepted by himself. Till one is ignorant and caged in the web of
cause and effect one cannot be free . Human body mind survives on causes . It always
needs action and each action has chain of re-actions . The choice you make in this moment will create your future moment .
If one chooses to live present
moment in awareness and meditation then naturally his next moment will be peaceful . If some
one abuses you ,you can choose to be silent or to re- act back in abusive
manner .
Life
always give choices to make because life is happening in multiple dimensions .It
always gives you choice to be aware or to behave on the same old fashioned way
of concepts and to be slave of your mind .when we repeat the same old pattern
way again and again ,then its not our free will rather its will of your pre convinced mind pattern .Here you are totally absent and defused by the negativity .
Here
the personal will is totally governed by whose believes and notions you are carrying
.
An enlighten person steps out of chain of
cause and effect .He live spontaneously . His actions happens on the spur of
moment .If he is given choices of coffee and ice cream on the same time he can
choose either of them .But without getting hitched by any further conditioned thinking .. BUDDHA said WHAT YOU THINK YOU
BECOME . This quote of Buddha shows that we have certain amount of free will .This
becoming is of body identity .GOD IS CHOICELESS AWARENESS he never restricts
you from making choice .The choice you makes shapes your life . But as I said
life happens on many layers and GOD is unpredictable .He gives freedom to choose yet restricts us from doing many things .Many a
times our action are restricted by outer forces .we are like a single atom in this existence and we have our free
will but this atom is surrounded by uncounted atoms in the existence which effects its free will . The will of the cosmos and the will of an
soul both work on each other at the same time . which creates the destiny
of the soul .Even the actions of Enlightens
ones are also governed by the existence . Yesterday when I was talking to my
friend santosh kunte ,he said that Osho built such a beautiful commune in America
he might not have guessed that it will
be destroyed .It was not his choice but due to outer force influence it was destroyed . Osho had strong
vision of creating a beautiful commune in the desert of America and it was
created also but in very short time it was
destroyed . This was outer force will .
In
the same manner if a soul has strong
desire to live and enjoy certain lust ,then he has free will and this desire
will continue his coming on earth and taking several births until he becomes
aware and steps out of lustful mind . This shows that our action makes our
destiny . On the other Angulimaal was a dacoit ,a murderer ,one day while
waiting for his prey in the jungle he
met BUDDHA and the words of Buddha transformed him .Angulimaal never knew that he will meet Buddha at that very moment
.This moment was decided by the cosmos which changed his life .If Angulimaal had continued living on his old pattern he would have become very
famous dacoit and may be was later
punished by the king .But one moment changed his life destiny totally . 
so we find that we have free will and we don’t
have it too . Its GOD’s will that
BUDDHAS come on earth to spread light in
the world .Its his will to give them death punishment by his loved ones . Its Buddhas will to remain loving and be witnesser of all life play .
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