(08-08-2010, 10:58 AM)unity100 Wrote: these philosophically limit the freedom and free will, and makes it not unbounded, and cannot be unbounded.
What or who is ever truly unbounded? Infinity itself is the level of existence that is truly unbounded. I do not mean the Infinite Creator. To be an aware consciousness, you are already limited. Infinity itself "became aware" and realized it had infinite possibilities to explore...but it must downgrade it's awareness and freedom in order to experience any of those possibilities. Only when Infinite Creator or Infinite Consciousness decides to "rest" or "merge" back into it's true Infinite state of unity with all, does it finally transcend any and all limitations. It is then unaware of itself, and simply just exists.
Degrees of freedom are what we have to toy with. If your level of freedom of choice is even 90% unbounded/unrestricted by your ability to make that choice, then subjectively speaking your are "free enough" in my opinion. Free will DOES exist here, because it is free from direct influence and/or divine intervention as a general rule. That was the point of the veil.
We speak of free will...but free from what? If it is to be free from a certain restriction, then it can be called free will. If it is to be free from ALL restrictions, then having a will of your own at all, is the final restriction it would need to be freed from.