Free Will: Illusion Or Reality Ii
Are we really free?*
Free to chose to:
Go wherever we please?
Do whatever we desire?
Be with whom we wish?
Pick whichever thing we fancy?
Without coercion?
Without ever being obliged by an unseen force in
A predetermined or predestined way?
How?
How can we have free will to be wherever we
Wish to be
When:
Bound to earth we are with the
Heavy chains of gravity
Obliged, incessantly to follow our planet as
It moves
Around its circumference
Around the sun
Around the galaxy
Around the universe,
Having no chance ever to escape its
Deterministic laws?
Are we free?
Have we got a free will?
If yes, when did it start?
The day we were born or later on?
For the day we were born
We knew nothing of:
What we were
Who we were
What we wanted
What we needed
What we desired
Subject were we to our bodily organs and
Their functions
No control had we over:
Our heart
Our liver
Our kidneys
Our spleen
Our blood circulation
Our brain
And had no idea of
How to defend ourselves against
Deceases
How to produce blood
How to digest
We had not any control then and we have
No more control now as adults
How then are we free?
In what respect?
Is it because we choose A over B?
To be here or there?
To do this or that?
What if our choices are just the
Result of the working of nature in us?
The outcome of ideas and tendencies,
Implanted in our mind and soul by, Man or
Mother nature?
In that case,
Isn't our acceptance of free will like declaring that:
The earth goes around the sun because
Of its free will?
Does a stone fall as a result of the same reason?
A seed spouts because of its free will
And that
The salmon, after venturing for years in
The ocean returns to the river it came to life,
To lay its eggs, out of the free will?
Or
Is free will the result of
Our Lord the creator and creator of the universe
As they say?
In this case, free will,
Is a gift of God to men to show His love to us
To make us partners in His creation, by giving us the chance to become
Responsible beings that would safeguard nature,
Obeying God’s holy laws of harmonious cooperation and
Coexistence of all living things.
If that is true then we may ask,
Would the wisdom of our Lord entrust His creation to us?
To our free will to do as we please?
If the answer is yes, then we have to ask ourselves,
Are we happy with the results of our free actions upon
The world God has created?
Are we pleased,
With the demolition of harmony?
The annihilation of various species of animals?
The devastation of the environment?
The killings and the wars?
Whatever the answer may be, the mystery
Will linger
For
We, know nothing for certain since we do not
Know the Truth
Hence
The only thing we can do is believe the one
Theory or the other!
© Demetrios Trifiatis
21 April 2016
*Having read, Silent One's fine poem: "Destiny lies in the heart of my beloved," I thought it appropriate to re-post this poem of mine that first was posted back in October 2014. The poem has been edited and revised.
Copyright © Demetrios Trifiatis | Year Posted 2016
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