Ishanga

I live in Toronto, its crazy here, the biggest problem here is too many ppl, unconscious ppl. Ppl generally here are polite, but the problems of the USA are coming here, crime is up, gang activity is up, and although ppl are nice and polite, there is more of the elitist types too, especially in Toronto lol, you can point them out just by the way they dress and act without interacting with them.. But Toronto has beautiful parks, lots of green area and its close to the wilderness, and hour out of the city and your in the middle of nowhere, so that is good.. Overall this is what is happening in all the big cities, to escape it you have to isolate a bit..but in the end if we don't raise the general level of Human Consciousness we are doomed I think, too many critical situations are on the rise, and if profit, power and control are the only things on the minds of the power players, the rest of us are doomed! Take care of Yourselves and family is the most important thing, be kind and giving when You can!

There has to be a "Question about It" because I and others do not agree with this statement lol... For it too be a real "No Question about it" means everyone agrees! Every Human Being needs O2 to breath! This is a no Question about it thing. Free Will is up for debate for sure, since we don't agree, that says choice is there already, since there is choice found somewhere, Free Will exists! Its important to know that one is capable of using and exerting Free Will because this is the basic Human Quality and Right, so its like not learning how to read, how to write, and such basic survival tools, we know how to teach it, the skill is invaluable, so someone not learn it is at a great disadvantage and disempowerment, that is tragic, as is thinking/believing Free Wil doesn't exist...

"Everything Happens for a reason" is subjectivity, I may say Joe tripping has no reason, Joe may say it does have a reason, he may know the reason, I may not since I wasn't alive then to know how and why it happened... How can You know the reason why Joe tripped if Joe is not here to tell You??? Not everything happen for a reason, if it did then predetermination would rule, something things just happen, randomly. Reason is another aspect of Intellect, Your trying to figure out the why, when You do it feels safe, this is feeling secure in life, Intellect, basic Ego wants to know to feel safe, this is Survival Level of Awareness and Living... I don't think there is a specific "Creator" like they describe as God in the Bible.. Creation, Destruction, Maintenance, then Destruction again to cycle back to Creation has always happened or its happened over trillions of years, so that is eternity in my book, we cannot fathom 1 million years, never mind Trillions of Years!!

Not knowing what is going to happen next sec has nothing to do with Free Will. knowing what is happening now is fully in Your capability, knowing totally what is going on within YOU is what it means to be Human ultimately. You won't know totally what is going on around You, all You can do is either respond to it or react to it, responding is a Conscious Act (Free Will action), Reacting is an Unconscious Act (Determination action)..

You will never know the entirety of WHY, WHy creation, why did this specific thing happen to this specific person at a specific time (Why did Joe Donelay trip on the sidewalk on Feb, 5th 1943 at 3:23 pm in the afternoon, while on Simpson Street in Chicago?) You will never know the Why of it, that is what I mean by Why, You don't and can't know exactly why every situation came about and resulted in what happened, even within Your own life history it will be very hard to find out all the answers to WHY, and it would waste Your whole life trying to find out the why.. The Why comes from Your Intellect, its a part of it to know why, so You live better tomorrow, but its not applicable to Spiritual Questions and such things, as Reality doesn't work logically and why questions require a story and belief in a story to happen for why to dissipate but Stories are not reality, just stories!

The essence of what we all are, all life is, is the same, you can say it is Energy, a subtle form of Energy, or some call it soul or atman, whatever it is it is Us, but we have unique and different Body/Mind complexes.. Its like a bubble, we are bubbles of Energy or God/Absolute separated by the layer of Bubble material.. This bubble material is karmic material, it is like the glue, its keeps all the 5 bodies together and intact, food,mind,energy,etheric and bliss body. Food body is on the grossest level, Bliss body the most subtle, non physical in nature, Now I do not know how this process came about, the mechanics of it, but the why I think is simple, Absolute wants to know itself, so via the Potential making machine it is, we are here to play it out within a certain set of rules and limitations, a game of sorts, that's my take on it.. In the end we will never really know the Why of Existence, the Why of why I am here, and why are things the way they are, its too complex, to sophisticated, if You go down this rabbit hole You will endlessly be asking WHY. I much rather bask in the knowing of I do not know everything and experience Bliss and Source as much as possible..

Nice!! The permanency comes from setting up the right atmosphere within in.. We have a Body and Mind, via the Body and Mind we can Experience and Express, if we set up the Body and Mind to what we want to Experience, then it will be permanent.. My Mother Experienced Depression, it was a daily thing, in fact daily at certain times she would feel it more intensely and less intensely but it was a daily thing, I witnessed it.,, If this is so, why can't someone feel Bliss daily?? Its possible! Now Bliss is not the goal of Spirituality, its just the foundation, if Your Blissful naturally daily, then Sat and Chit (Truth and Consciousness/Brahman/Source Intelligence) are more available to You since the atmosphere within You is more receptive in this state of Being.. So that is what the various Eastern practices like Yoga and Taoism are about, to set up the atmosphere so You Experience daily the God/Absolute that is within Us and all around Us, the is our highest Potential as a Human Being imo!!

WE = You and I and all of Us! Effort is Intention first, Intention can be determined or Consciously manifested, I would say for most ppl their intentions are predetermined, they are living on the surface of life, only wanting more and accumulating/gathering more, more ppl, more stuff, more security, more entertainment, more of really nothing meaningful, like true internal self manifested Experiences, they are slaves to the outside basically! If You apply Effort that means You want change and doing action towards making that change, that is as aspect of exerting Free Will.. I am too fat, to overweight, I need to lose weight and become healthy, so You actively watch the type of food You eat, the quantity of food You eat, and You workout and become more active physically, this is an example, you can do nothing about being overweight/unhealthy or do something about it, that is your choice... Mind = the basic are Mind is Intellect, Identity, Memory and Consciousness or Source Intelligence.. The Intellect is a Survival tool, it allows You to live better and safer for another day, we have super intellects because we so weak physically compared to many animals, so because of that we dominate the world, it allows us to invent things, and plan things out better, but its all on the Survival level of Life, Intellect wraps around what You are Identified with, male/female, rich/poor, health/unhealthy, religious/not, etc.. The basic identity should be that of the cosmos, but if that is not possible identify with being Human which means You have lots of Potential in You.. Memory is Karma, we need it to have life as it is on this Earth, no Karma/Memory/Foundation, no life here..Karma/Memory is also a survival thing, you can either get wise or wounded by memory and karma, better to be Wise from past experiences, not wounded.. Consciousness or Source Intelligence is God/Absolute within You, if You touch that aspect of what You are then Your Enlightened! Awareness = is another form of Intelligence, it is knowing and being in Experience of God/Absolute, which is an sort of Intelligence that is not influenced by the past or memory/karma.. We can be low in Awareness, like a low powered light bulb and know/see little of what it means to be Human and what this world has to offer, or it can be a highly powered bulb and we can see/experience everything that we are and what this world has to offer.. You cannot take a finger and point or find a particular YOU, since we are not the Body or Mind, all we can know is that it is within Us and found in everything around Us that is living! So it cannot be pin pointed (this is intellect wanting to see it, touch it, feel it, taste it, smell it and the dissect it, but this is a separation process, not a coming together/connection process)/ So the basics are You can choose how to feel each moment of your life, You can choose how healthy and energetic Your Body feels, and how Your Mind functions and what Intentions You want to have for Your Life...If You were born with a bad body per say, you can make it the best it can be or let it rot, same with mind and everything else there is about us, Spiritually I understand it that most all of Us are on equal ground, all of Us have equal opportunity to be Enlightened Experientially, it is just that each of Us have unique Karmic Makeups, that will determine if it is easier for You or Harder for You to Experience Enlightenment!

Yes, I also think the way most ppl are is not from natural evolution but a manufactured one, we are heavily conditioned and controlled in our societies, the power players do not want us to be Conscious Beings, they want us Unconscious, as slaves and simple beings so we can be controlled more easily.. The guy in the video, he claims that humanity is actually millions of years old, and that great societies have come and gone many times over.. Societies like Atlantis with their higher tech and knowledge bases could have easily existed and then became extinct, from what I know we are already in our 6th extinction event, its inevitable that maybe soon this event will happen more forcefully and lots of humanity will be eliminated, sad but true that this is all our fault for not being as Conscious as we could be!!

We have limited ability to control our Body, so you can make it stronger and more healthy, but lots of it is more predetermined although with enough effort(free will in action) you can do allot of things with the Body. The Mind You can control completely if You put forth the Awareness and Effort! How You Experience the World, You inner nature and Feeling/Experience is where Free Will really is, this is totally up to You, its just a matter of How Conscious You are! If Your highly Conscious, then You have complete control on your Inner Experience, if You not highly Conscious, then You have no control and are a slave of sorts to outside situations and influences! So Free Will is mostly about Your Inner Nature and Experience, not about controlling every event or situation around You!! Your lucky if You have 50% control of what is going on around and situationally!!

This is correct, the Essence is Absolute, and Absolute has no limits! But we here have a Body and Mind to deal with, Body is limited, it is an accumulation from the Earth, which is also limited, everything physical is limited and cyclical.. but the Body and Mind allow Experience and Expression to happen, this does not happen in Absolute realm, as there is no physicality and no way to have Experience and Expression there.,. So even though our Essence is Absolute and unlimited, we "While" Embodied are limited in Body and Mind, the whole basic point of our Existence is too find out we are not the Body or Mind and be intouch with the Absolute as an everyday real Experience.. So Body is not God, it is Earth, and it will go back to the Earth when Your Body dies!

Sharing for all to explore! Not trying to convince, just share! Its Your "Choice" to buy into it or not:)

The very fact ppl have different opinions, as above, proves Free Will Exists lol! How much more obvious can it get when one say there is NO FREE WILL, and another Says there is FREE WILL, that is a choice being made on each understanding... We have choice that is for sure, Ppl are choosing to participate on this forum, the choice though can be Conscious or Unconscious, Conscious choice are the Wiser way, as You now have more choice and a deeper choices to make. Unconscious Choices means Your more influenced by whatever it is is, karma, societal pressure, seeking pleasure or security outside of Yourself, etc, there are millions of forces out there that can influence Your choice, but it is still You that makes the choice, its just not as natural as being Conscious of Your Choice.. Even Your Body, mostly it is predetermined, but if You want to You can reshape Your Body, take it from unhealthy to healthy, and almost eliminate all genetic semblance if You want to, its just a matter of Will and Determination! Bruce Lee was not born into the body he had to make him one of the greatest Martial Artist ever, he crafted it, worked it and made himself into what he became! Now not everyone can be world class in what they want to do or be, but they can be the Best Version of themselves that is a Choice and available to everyone!! So Free Will for sure exists, the ppl that say it doesn't exist are either depressed, or so wounded by their past they see no hope...

I think he believes we are half way thru it, with another 180 million years to go... Sadhguru does not believe we are in Kali Yuga either... I just find it interesting how much the Hindus knew about the World and Reality with no scientific equipment and how science now is confirm allot of their findings! Proves the theory that if You know Yourself completely You know the Universe too, as we are micro Universes imo!

Have You ever had one of those days were Your Not feeling so great, maybe a bit blue or sad, then Your Favorite song comes on the radio or speaker system and You all of a sudden feel better? This is hidden Potential within You! The "Feeling Better" was always available to You, You just needed the music to make it come out.. As soon as I realized this in my life I realized everything I want is already present within myself as a Potential, nd that I can manifest it myself with no outside Stimuli needed! When I started a Weight Lifting program the amount of weight I lifted for each lift increase allot after a couple of weeks training, after a couple of mths I could feel and see my muscles were Growing, this is a hidden Potential within, it just needs the Stimuli of lifting weights to bring it out compared to sitting around and doing no activity! So there are a Billion other examples out there, Stallone wrote the script to Rocky in 3 days, the basic draft, the Potential for the Rocky script was always in Sly, he just needed some outside stimulus to make it come out on the paper, and later some refinement! So God is not Love, or Hate, or Bliss, or Sadness, or Success or Failure, those things are mostly completely within Our Control, God just sets up the playing field, the Field of Potential, You are here to go thru this Field of Potential and make it out to be whatever You want it too Be!