In past I have talked about Free Will. There is also a debate on Free Will -is it really that Free? Many scientist have tried to do some experiments to show that the Free Will is not that Free. The experiments showed that before someone raises hand ,the decision is ALREADY made . But that is for experiments, and they really do not know the mind . All our legal system and moral laws are based on assumption that we have Free Will . We have a Freedom to drive above speed limit . We have free will to not slap someone or steal from someone etc.So The same is for moral actions and immorality. Cheating someone, infidelity may not be illegal , but may be not moral. But then again if we don't have free will, then we can not be held responsible for our actions. This is assumed but again we also talk about Karma and it's effects and how our present life is result of our past actions. So the question arises if we have our CURRENET path in life is determined by our Karmas from past life, then is there a Free Will , that can change or have effects on our current life's trajectory?
The answer is Yes and NO. We have certain cards that we are dwelt with in this life and that is based on our pas Karma and the seeds of them that we are born with. But how we PLAY or use the cards is up to us. The karams do not have one to one effect. But the effects are resultants of many factors or effects of many Karmas. So it's not like I know what will be the suffering or the effects is going to be if I steal a pen from my work place. There are many Karmas which have effects - just like saying there are multiple 'pulls' and the direction that is final ,is result of all the 'pulls'. In addition to these Karmic effects , add to that the WILL. If the force of WILL is poor , then the Karmic effects will decide the our Life . And then it feels we have no FREE WILL. But if our desire to change or have willpower is strong, then we CAN CHANGE the direction of our life .Mind you the KARMIC effects are still there , but they will be changed or not as obvious as our life would have been if we did not use FREE WILL .
As I have stated in my some of the blogs and You Tube videos, do we have enough time - desire -efforts and also how strong g is the Karmic effects to begin with - all of this will decide the LIFE - DIRECTION ETC .
