05-22-2010, 01:05 PM
(05-19-2010, 12:22 AM)Peregrinus Wrote: Is chaining someone in your basement not against their free will? Is physical violence against them not against their free will? There certainly are ways to infringe upon the free will of others, and this infringement is done by those seeking negative polarity.
These are fine examples of control and restriction of 'freedom'. But are we to equate 'freedom' with 'free-will'? Bahai faith founder Bahaullah was born in a prison and had his physical freedom restricted but that did not dent his 'free will'. That might even have been plan of his higher-self all along, so it might have been part of his free will.
For me free will is violated when we are not able to learn the lessons, pleasant or unpleasant, on the 3D planet due to some interference with the rules of the game. For example you are reading a mystery novel and someone tells you the ending. Now you will miss out on all the emotional ups and downs of the experience. That would be robbing you of an emotional wealth. I believe that is why confederate sources are very reluctant to provide specific information. If they give you the information that you are supposed to find out on your own after much struggle and associated emotional experiences, they would be violating a contract and robbing you of that experience. That in my mind is the violation of free will. Any human interaction is just part of the dance and only helps us in our emotional and experiential enrichment...