Comments by "" (@myggggeneration) on "Is There Free Will? Will I Actively Choose To Love Myself And My Neighbors?" video.

  1. Agree. People in the "no free will" camp in these comments seem to be stuck in a static, unflexible state of being. However, in reality, everything has influence on everything else - that is how as a mechanism we are one - and it changes all the time, as does our capacity to react (by choosing a direction). Not whether we can, but how (we follow a goal, or mindset).
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  2. I guess "free will" is a misnomer. Obviously, this has to be thought of within realistic parameters. The idea of complete choice, complete control is a ridiculous concept IMO. That cannot happen and is an unrealistic thought experiment that leads to fatalism. However, you do end up at crossroads all the time and then you choose depending on the parameters you have selected as guidelines - easy, hard, compassionate, don't care, helpful, passive..... Those are choices that can actually be altered by more info that can at different times sway you one way or another. But choices you make, freely. Good ones and not so good ones.
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  3. You'll never know the answer because some folks tolerate the impact of toxicity in food better than others. Depends on all factors of your lifestyle choices. If you eat organic veggies along with processed meat e.g., you will increase inflammation in your body and suffer the consequences. Inflammation is often at the crux of the matter.
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  4. To some degree, if you're a (human) sheep. And yet, at some point you came to be that sheep. And you can choose to stop that behavior once you realize it does not serve you well. Happens to some people, doesn't it? Pavlov set up the conditions for the dogs' behavior by making them hungry. If the dog is not hungry or doesn't like what is being offered (onion), they would choose to not eat it. Science experiments always work towards predictable outcomes. Life throws you curveballs and that's where it gets interesting.
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  5. "Slowly you find yourself creating a character".... Trouble is that you are being shaped by those who influence you beginning in childhood - parents, teachers, peers.... I guess that is where a lot of the conflicts muddy the waters regarding self-doubt and which one is my truth, my path to choose..... Just a thought.... (PS. Dr Bruce Lipton has a lot to say about that. )
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