The Creator does have an individual plan for each one of us. Whether we follow that plan or not is up to us, since we are given choices in life. The outcome of our life depends on the choices we make during our lifetime.
can i pick some of each... it's all energy in motion within the dream
all arguments of determinism aside...i want to believe there are some elements of chance and choice in life.
i do think we're responsible for what we create.
if there is determinism, (there is no free will) or if everything is predetermined... (there was a plan....?) or pre agreements , (i chose this before so i would choose this now)
then i don't see a need to take responsibility for any of it...yet i do feel i'm responsible for what i create..
a kanundrum
i like to add further confusion by adding...maybe none of the events matter.. what our intentions are, and how we perceive...is what matters.
dunno. hopin' some folks on here have the big answers...(grin) nice thread
jono7: can i pick some of each... it's all energy in motion within the dream
all arguments of determinism aside...i want to believe there are some elements of chance and choice in life.
i do think we're responsible for what we create.
if there is determinism, (there is no free will) or if everything is predetermined... (there was a plan....?) or pre agreements , (i chose this before so i would choose this now)
then i don't see a need to take responsibility for any of it...yet i do feel i'm responsible for what i create..
a kanundrum
i like to add further confusion by adding...maybe none of the events matter.. what our intentions are, and how we perceive...is what matters.dunno. hopin' some folks on here have the big answers...(grin) nice thread
Consequences and benefits of my choices and actions remind me all the time that I am responsible. Consequences and benefits of your choices and actions remind me that we are all in this together. There can be no plan or else there is no point to it all, we're in a puppet-show. If there is a God with a plan, she/he has to take into account all the possibilities of our free will and everything surrounding us. I suppose an infinite creator would be capable of such a plan, but we are not to know that. And we don't.
lifeisadreamMexi Go, Mexico State Mexico16,713 posts
jono7: can i pick some of each... it's all energy in motion within the dream
all arguments of determinism aside...i want to believe there are some elements of chance and choice in life.
i do think we're responsible for what we create.
if there is determinism, (there is no free will) or if everything is predetermined... (there was a plan....?) or pre agreements , (i chose this before so i would choose this now)
then i don't see a need to take responsibility for any of it...yet i do feel i'm responsible for what i create..
a kanundrum
i like to add further confusion by adding...maybe none of the events matter.. what our intentions are, and how we perceive...is what matters.dunno. hopin' some folks on here have the big answers...(grin) nice thread
Nah, couldn't have been me, you're thinking of someone else. Maybe you just recognise my picture from here, or maybe from when I was sitting in your kitchen.
lifeisadreamMexi Go, Mexico State Mexico16,713 posts
Rumple4skin: Is mostly predetermined by when and where you were born and who birthed you.
Yes, it is "somehow" determined but not decided.
It is important the place, the time and whom takes care of you as a child and a teenager but there is a part IN everyone that is “his/hers” to make the choices about his/her life.
What his/her goals are How to enjoy her/his life What s/he makes of life
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