12-11-2017, 03:04 AM
(12-10-2017, 05:30 PM)Zachariah Wrote: 2) Free Will
Throughout the Ra Material, there is reference to the preservation of Free Will. Prior to reading Ra, I was troubled by the use of the word ‘Free’. The Ra material did not diminish this. Considering the amount of manipulation and not-so-subtle influence exerted on souls, it’s less than appropropriate to consider Will as Free. I have never encountered a soul that wanted to succumb to fear. Nor have I encountered a soul that wanted an arrested state of development. So I consider Will to be more of a challenge or test, and something far from ‘Free’. What is your belief on the degree to which Free Will is Free?
The concept of soul-healing comes into play here. There are many things that the big self will refuse to balance until the little self learns from. So yeah, there is 'free' will, but in the end strongly potentiated energies govern the process. Think of it like Stockholm syndrome. If someone experiences trauma early in life, they will try to recreate that trauma to learn to accept and heal that part of themselves. Same thing with desires. If you experience something that takes you to cloud 9, you will desire that again in your life creating a love/fear binding to that experience. Both of these usually form the vast majority of our lessons in 3rd density. That which we desire (push and pull at), and that which we need to recover (diving deep into catalyst for lost aspects of the self).