So how does this knowledge of FREE WILL (an exception to the cosmic rule), two level working of these four {CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH)} forces in one being (another exception to order of the cosmos), change our perspective into life.
Well, putting it simply it brings to light completely new and revolutionary understanding that is
LIFE, AS IT IS, IS OUR OWN CHOICE.
It is the direct expression of our own FREE WILL. Secondly
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO GO EITHER WAY EVERY SINGLE MOMENT
Since the mind (the operating system) is in a constant state of flux we need to be aware of what choices (thoughts) we are making every single moment.
Let us proceed step by step dissecting every single concept mentioned above
I. LIFE, AS IT IS, IS OUR OWN CHOICE
Immediately the mind hurls the counter argument of choice of birth against this statement. That is if life were our choice then why someone would be so stupid to choose to take birth in poverty, famine and civil war ridden Somalia. If it were a choice then “I would myself have chosen this”,”I would myself have become that” etc etc..... is what the mind is presently chattering. The theory of KARMA, the concept of life as a continuum and previous births are the ample and available explanations of the above raised doubts but we will not delve into them since all that is not much of direct consequence to us right now and most importantly our aim is to experience a better, more joyful, more successful life NOW rather than engaging ourselves in futile theological and metaphysical discussions about previous births and life after death etc..
So let us see how we have chosen to shape up this life of ours as it is.
Till the age of seven our operating system (mind) is still in its formative state it is just receiving the information from its surroundings and storing it, it is continuously seeking clarification so as to correctly archive each and every bit of information (memory), that is why we see that the children are continuously asking questions much to the peril and sometimes embarrassment of parents. This is a very critical time period, parents must infuse only positive and correct software (information, memory) into their children. For those whose mind is now questioning the concept of choice, since the programming of childhood seems to be a totally choice less event, let us remember that, right from our timing of birth to place, parents and our entire socio-cultural milieu we are born to is our choice (we are unaware of it after birth though) the detailed mechanics of which we have not discussed here in order to save time and quickly jump over to the more pertinent and pressing issues of this (present) life. Therefore, in conclusion we have chosen our parents and our entire socio-cultural milieu in accordance to the life we wanted to live, and hence, they have only loaded the software (MENTAL SETUP) we ourselves wanted to, in order to live and experience this life.
After the age of seven once are operating system (MIND) becomes functional and kicks into action the real fun and the obviously apparent game of choices and their ensuing results follows.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
THE BLUE PRINT APPLIED
So we have come to a conclusion that there exists a universally applicable cosmic blue print applicable to this universe in entirety but herein lay the twist in the tale, just when we agreed to the absolute universality of the harmonious, simultaneous, continuous and uninterrupted action of these four cosmic forces (CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH)) the EXCEPTION sprung up.
If were took take a closer and deeper look at the entire cosmic lay out we will see these forces acting harmoniously, simultaneously, continuously and in an uninterrupted manner SINGULARLY in each and every entity of the cosmos.
SINGULARLY means that only one set of these four forces is acting at a time in an individual object (living or non-living). There are no levels and there is no interruption or induced in harmony in their actions, they just flow in a perfectly orchestrated symphony (no matter how chaotic it may seem at one passing glance, without delving deep into macro & micro details of it simultaneously) doing what needs to be done.
Nowhere in this visible universe within the sights of modern science is a place, object or organism exempt from the harmonious interplay of these forces and nowhere is the scope of interference, that is there is nothing a galaxy, star, mountain, river, tree, animal or bacteria can do or not do about their creation, maintenance, constant change (evolution) and rejuvenation (death). There simply is no choice for them there simply is no FREE WILL.
AND.................... herein lays our exception .....................US.
Yes we, the human beings, are a true and only exception to this cosmic rule because of our FREE WILL. It is not that these forces are not acting simultaneously in us, they are, but we have the FREE WILL to disturb them, their actions and create in harmony. This FREE WILL, for it to be used also required an independently intelligent operating system too; else what’s the use of having it in the first place. That is, only if a system is capable of identifying possibilities and options can it actually choose, if it cannot identify possibilities then there is no need or role of FREE WILL because then things would continue to happen in a singular track of happening as they are.
For example, there is person who has never seen or known about any modality of transport other than a bullock cart so whenever he has to travel he can only travel in a bullock cart (bullock cart is the only choice, hence a no choice, the only possibility for him) but on the other hand a person who is aware of all modalities of transport has a choice, a possibility, of looking into available options and then selecting what he deems the best for the situation (a flight for long distance, a car for local travel etc etc....).
Since nowhere in the universe the concept of FREE WILL existed nowhere in the entire universe is existent an operating system with ability to cognize (understand) itself, its surroundings and its options from a given situation.
Since free will, for it to be functional and expressive, required an independently intelligent operating system hence human beings were given the MIND, encased (more correctly though, represented) in the highly advanced, complicated and evolved physical brain.
But herein lays another twist in the tale since CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH) these four processes are universal forces continuously at work in the entire universe, from the macrocosmic galaxies and stellar systems to the microcosmic single individual, constantly at the same time and in harmony with each other the mind also must be, and has to be (since it is also a part of this universe) , subject to them.
And here is the SECOND EXCEPTION........... That is in human beings these forces are acting at two levels and NOT just SINGULARLY as in every other entity of cosmos.
So on one level (plane) these forces are acting on the PHYSICAL BODY and on the other level (plane) they are acting on the MIND. This interplay of these forces at two levels in one being is not simple and mutually independent rather it is complicated, mutually intertwined and interrelated at certain junctions and totally independent at others.
If were took take a closer and deeper look at the entire cosmic lay out we will see these forces acting harmoniously, simultaneously, continuously and in an uninterrupted manner SINGULARLY in each and every entity of the cosmos.
SINGULARLY means that only one set of these four forces is acting at a time in an individual object (living or non-living). There are no levels and there is no interruption or induced in harmony in their actions, they just flow in a perfectly orchestrated symphony (no matter how chaotic it may seem at one passing glance, without delving deep into macro & micro details of it simultaneously) doing what needs to be done.
Nowhere in this visible universe within the sights of modern science is a place, object or organism exempt from the harmonious interplay of these forces and nowhere is the scope of interference, that is there is nothing a galaxy, star, mountain, river, tree, animal or bacteria can do or not do about their creation, maintenance, constant change (evolution) and rejuvenation (death). There simply is no choice for them there simply is no FREE WILL.
AND.................... herein lays our exception .....................US.
Yes we, the human beings, are a true and only exception to this cosmic rule because of our FREE WILL. It is not that these forces are not acting simultaneously in us, they are, but we have the FREE WILL to disturb them, their actions and create in harmony. This FREE WILL, for it to be used also required an independently intelligent operating system too; else what’s the use of having it in the first place. That is, only if a system is capable of identifying possibilities and options can it actually choose, if it cannot identify possibilities then there is no need or role of FREE WILL because then things would continue to happen in a singular track of happening as they are.
For example, there is person who has never seen or known about any modality of transport other than a bullock cart so whenever he has to travel he can only travel in a bullock cart (bullock cart is the only choice, hence a no choice, the only possibility for him) but on the other hand a person who is aware of all modalities of transport has a choice, a possibility, of looking into available options and then selecting what he deems the best for the situation (a flight for long distance, a car for local travel etc etc....).
Since nowhere in the universe the concept of FREE WILL existed nowhere in the entire universe is existent an operating system with ability to cognize (understand) itself, its surroundings and its options from a given situation.
Since free will, for it to be functional and expressive, required an independently intelligent operating system hence human beings were given the MIND, encased (more correctly though, represented) in the highly advanced, complicated and evolved physical brain.
But herein lays another twist in the tale since CREATION, MAINTENANCE, CONSTANT CHANGE (EVOLUTION) and REJUVENATION (DEATH) these four processes are universal forces continuously at work in the entire universe, from the macrocosmic galaxies and stellar systems to the microcosmic single individual, constantly at the same time and in harmony with each other the mind also must be, and has to be (since it is also a part of this universe) , subject to them.
And here is the SECOND EXCEPTION........... That is in human beings these forces are acting at two levels and NOT just SINGULARLY as in every other entity of cosmos.
So on one level (plane) these forces are acting on the PHYSICAL BODY and on the other level (plane) they are acting on the MIND. This interplay of these forces at two levels in one being is not simple and mutually independent rather it is complicated, mutually intertwined and interrelated at certain junctions and totally independent at others.
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