Acceptance and Will

[Diana]

Diana - If I see someone starving I would offer them food. If I see someone homeless, I might offer them shelter. Someone with no heat? I might offer to pay their bill. They still must choose to accept my help, or not. So I have not violated their free will by offering my help.

As for an attack - I once actually stepped between two co-workers who were fighting verbally. A male & a female. He was taking an agressive posture, they were both verbally violent, then she slapped him, and I feared that things would escalate. I didn't think about it, I just stepped in and looked the man in the eyes and asked him, "do you really want to continue with this?" He left the office. Do you think I violated anyone's free will in that situation?

Light and love.

I do not. I think your response was another variable which entered that system. If you had been attached to the outcome (wanting to control how it played out and resolved), that would be different, and under the heading of control. In this situation, there was an entire larger system involved. We can't just separate out individuals or components. They are enmeshed. It wasn't just the couple and you; there was a whole office of people. The "fight" would affect everyone, thereby infringing on their free will to do their jobs, for one thing.

I would like to hear others' thoughts on this .