Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Free Will

What is free will? To me it is the choice I'm confronted with at every step along the pathway.

When is a choice truly free?

To me a choice is free only when a person gets rid of all the backwash from input, be it Familial, Sociological, or Psychological. Basically, it is when a person is freed from need to prove anything to anyone besides Ha Kodesh Baruch Hu. Primarily it is the self that is trying to dig itself out of its own low self-concept. But.....

Example One: You are faced with a situation where a clerk gives you more change than you deserve. Do you walk away gleeful at the pittance, or do you wonder about the consequences to the clerk? It depends on how much you have worked on your character.

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