On Fate & Free Will

The mind…

Is the single most potent source of

anything in existence. Be aware enough

to understand this, it is not just “human”

mind… but all living, sentient beings

who exist or ever existed.

Man…

Has become pitifully unaware of

not only himself but all things.

The more he uses devices to act,

speak and serve him, the further he

plummets into lack.

We like to believe that our thoughts,

our feelings and our accomplishments

are our own. A good second look will

show the folly in this logic and

a bit of humility will open the door

to things once unknown.

It is my wish that you be mindful

of your thoughts, that is, the thoughts

you have and the actions they lead to.

Only this way can you ever begin to

understand the concept of, all.

Fate.

It is what man has long thought and

believed to be the unseen hand of

time & place that pulls a moment,

a situation together. Since man

usually cannot explain it, it is

given over to fate.

Man has a long history and habit

of attributing things they cannot

describe, or won’t, to “something else”

apparently, apart from them.

Free will.

It is, at some early point

the recognized “right of passage” in

life to where a being has the power

and right to decide for itself

based on a cornucopia of tools,

so lets narrow it to one word.

Perception.

Asking which came first in

history of man, fate or free will

is akin to “the chicken or the egg”

but you have to wonder…

These two concepts are very much like

the concept of yin & yang.

Yin & Yang are closely tied to

the summer & winter solstice,

if you should chart it circularly.

They effect situations, every situation

the same way.

I think the best way I could describe,

or even make sense of it myself would

be to see them as cause and effect.

The only constant would be that one,

in any given situation would play

the role of cause, the other, effect.

Then you have to consider that these

roles and the who, what, when, where

and whys of them are an accumulation

of every single moment, event , thought

and action in not only the individuals life,

but all involved.

Are we having fun yet? Because now

we seem to tread closely to what we

call Karma.

Fate is essentially what we think we

create by our thoughts and actions.

Free will is essentially what we think we

choose via thought and action.

Karma is essentially what we think we

create for ourselves based on a life’s embodiment.

Some would say, that fate and free will

run together and are tied.

This is where is becomes hazy.

You see, fate seems to place us in a

position in life, the very day we are born.

Free will seems to be “what we make of it”

from that point on. Often the two are

not so easily defined.

To illustrate this, let us say…

“fate” brings you to a certain

place in life. While at this place,

in this moment, you are confronted

by death. Your “free will” wishes to live,

yet death shakes its head and says no,

it cannot be so, you are to die, and now.

You feel and understand what “death”

tells you to be 100% true and certain,

but at the moment, what can you do?

Your free will is compromised and

overridden, even the choice of “how”

you shall die seems to be taken from you.

The only thing you can choose now

is what you will think, how you will feel

and what lasting impression you leave

death, with.

If you can understand this, then you

can begin to understand life.

Events, situation and people will

weave in and out of your life

for the seconds and years within.

It is how you react and interact with

these things that makes you an

individual. Apart from that, everything

is everything and all is one.

Be thankful in your abundance,

by recognizing you cannot compare

yours to another.

Be joyful in your sorrow,

in knowing every second, counts

and you determine your own feelings.

Be mindful in your forgetfulness,

by understanding that your every

thought and action has a great impact

Upon all else.

Above all, we must understand that

somehow our gift of free will in life

creates our fate and we do so far from alone,

but as a collective whole.

Karma governs and guides us

to our destination.

~ Minoa