Waking Up - A New Operating System for Your Mind
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Waking Up - A New Operating System for Your Mind
Once you recognize that there is no “me,” then there can’t be something called “my” will. But there is will—it’s just not “yours.” You mean, I’m not making any choices? What you think you are has never made a choice, and yet choices are being made all the time. Who’s making them? This is a good question! This is a huge mystery, which has been going
... See moreDecisions, intentions, efforts, goals, willpower, etc., are causal states of the brain, leading to specific behaviors, and behaviors lead to outcomes in the world. Human choice, therefore, is as important as fanciers of free will believe. But the next choice you make will come out of the darkness of prior causes that you, the conscious witness of y
... See moreAm I free to do that which does not occur to me to do? Of course not.