After going back and forth with the idea of free will, I am
content with the acceptance that it too, as everything else, is a paradox. That
said, I have remembered that when one
is aware of their current state of consciousness, they can actually use their
will, freely and without inclination by the outside world but rather as an
inner spark of inspiration from the Self, the I AM, to shift our perspective
which has a direct effect on our emotion, mood or mental state. This has been scientifically proven to have an affect on our chemistry and biology and therefore physics; which makes sense considering the double slit experiment that tells us when the observer is present (in the literal and figurative sense) the outcome changes. And the vibration that one emits can be measured and has shown to increase in frequency when an individual chooses to perceive their environment as safe, secure and life perpetuating, thus demonstrating a physical effect of mental processes. In this sense,
it is free will that is being used, because if we were to simply react based off of the conditions
of our environment, without awareness of our environment and our reaction
within it, then we would not be acting of our own free will, theoretically, but
instead of the will of entropy. (Which one could also is also free will, but
not in the way it is most commonly defined.) Think about it, there are endless
possibilities at ever infinitely small moment and there are countless triggers
to those opportunities, and when we are aware, we become aware of those
opportunities, and we act within our free will to choose which opportunity to
take part in. When we are not aware of our current state of consciousness, then
we just kind of ride along, reacting instead of responding. So, in this sense,
one could argue – which, perhaps I do – that one can only use their free will
if they are aware of their current state of consciousness, and even then, it’s
a fractal, and with at each degree of being, of evolution there is a need to
reevaluate what freedom really means, and reconnect with new meanings, and what
we make of them…
“To change your mood or mental state, change your vibrations.”
~ The Kybalion
“One may change his mental vibrations by an effort of will
in the direction of deliberately fixing the attention upon a more desirable
state. Will directs the attention, and attention changes the vibration. Cultivate
the art of attention by means of the will and you have solved the secret of the
mastery of moods and mental states. To destroy an undesirable right of mental
vibration, put into operation the principle of polarity, and concentrate upon
the opposite pole to that which you desire to suppress. Kill out the undesirable
by changing its polarity. ” ~The Kybalion
