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Would free will not be against the balance?

Think of it this way, you have come to earth to do XYZ and to learn ABC and the cosmic balance is shifted to accommodate this. However, the you who has a personality and differentiable attributes wishes to abstain from doing something you had to do. Therefore, your "free will" alters the cosmic balance.

Freedom on the other hand denotes that the balance will be maintained whether you do XYZ or go the other way and do not. In essence, freedom means the expected trajectory is not one but many compared to free will which posits only one. The idea of mantra japam, yantram, yoga, etc comes under freedom and not free will.

This is my understanding of the above. If there is a different way to go about it please do let me know. Furthermore, could you kindly clarify the latter half of your post which talks about "balancing interests of self with the interests of other" and Advaita?

Personally, I have always taken it as the desire drives the self to gain knowledge which allows you to act on it, i.e., icha fuels the self to get jnanam and that jnanam helps in the practical aspect or the kriya quotient (could not find an English equivalent that succinctly gets to the point).

This understanding stems from the fact that all devi temples when you go around the idol it is taken as the desire for you to grow spiritually and the different aspects required for that growth. Therefore, I have never thought about it this way. Your analysis regarding the same does seem quite nice. However, can it really be said that it is free will when our will is one with nature?

<blockquote data-quote="OKO" data-source="post: 482181" data-attributes="member: 105919">Would free will not be against the balance?Think of it this way, you have come to earth to do XYZ and to learn ABC and the cosmic balance is shifted to accommodate this. However, the you who has a personality and differentiable attributes wishes to abstain from doing something you had to do. Therefore, your &quot;free will&quot; alters the cosmic balance.Freedom on the other hand denotes that the balance will be maintained whether you do XYZ or go the other way and do not. In essence, freedom means the expected trajectory is not one but many compared to free will which posits only one. The idea of mantra japam, yantram, yoga, etc comes under freedom and not free will.This is my understanding of the above. If there is a different way to go about it please do let me know. Furthermore, could you kindly clarify the latter half of your post which talks about &quot;balancing interests of self with the interests of other&quot; and Advaita?Personally, I have always taken it as the desire drives the self to gain&nbsp; knowledge which allows you to act on it, i.e., icha fuels the self to get jnanam and that jnanam helps in the practical aspect or the kriya quotient (could not find an English equivalent that succinctly gets to the point).This understanding stems from the fact that all devi temples when you go around the idol it is taken as the desire for you to grow spiritually and the different aspects required for that growth. Therefore, I have never thought about it this way. Your analysis regarding the same does seem quite nice. However, can it really be said that it is free will when our will is one with nature?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="OKO, post: 482181, member: 105919"] Would free will not be against the balance? Think of it this way, you have come to earth to do XYZ and to learn ABC and the cosmic balance is shifted to accommodate this. However, the you who has a personality and differentiable attributes wishes to abstain from doing something you had to do. Therefore, your "free will" alters the cosmic balance. Freedom on the other hand denotes that the balance will be maintained whether you do XYZ or go the other way and do not. In essence, freedom means the expected trajectory is not one but many compared to free will which posits only one. The idea of mantra japam, yantram, yoga, etc comes under freedom and not free will. This is my understanding of the above. If there is a different way to go about it please do let me know. Furthermore, could you kindly clarify the latter half of your post which talks about "balancing interests of self with the interests of other" and Advaita? Personally, I have always taken it as the desire drives the self to gain knowledge which allows you to act on it, i.e., icha fuels the self to get jnanam and that jnanam helps in the practical aspect or the kriya quotient (could not find an English equivalent that succinctly gets to the point). This understanding stems from the fact that all devi temples when you go around the idol it is taken as the desire for you to grow spiritually and the different aspects required for that growth. Therefore, I have never thought about it this way. Your analysis regarding the same does seem quite nice. However, can it really be said that it is free will when our will is one with nature? [/QUOTE]

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