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.