Even though you think you have freewill, most of the time you are following these same patterns over and over again. You do an action, which creates a memory, which leads to a desire, and then a future action to fulfill the desire. You call this the software of the soul, the program that runs your life. Most people’s lives are governed by past actions and memories. However, how much freewill do you actually have? How many of your desires are just repetitions of past memories or a result social conditioning?

If you ask people if they have freewill to choose the life they want, most of them will tell you yes. The man thought for a moment and then shouted, “Is there anyone else there?” Do You Have Freewill? “This is God, just let go,” replied the voice. “Just let go,” came a loud voice from the darkness. Then suddenly he stumbled, slipped, and began rolling down the mountainside, into the black abyss.įortunately, his coat caught on a branch and he hung there, dangling in the darkness. The man struggled on in darkness, he had to find God. As he climbed higher, the trail became narrower, the sun set, and it became night. So off the man went, following the trail up into the mountains. “You’ll need to go up into the mountains,” said the holy-looking person. When the man reached Rishikesh, he jumped out of the taxi and rushed up to the first holy-looking person he saw. The taxi driver said that God wasn’t in Delhi but he would take him to Rishikesh, that’s where the Beatles went.

So he took a flight to Delhi, got off the plane, and told a taxi driver he was there to find God. His friends told him that he wouldn’t find God in the U.S., he would have to go to India. There’s the story of the man who had everything materially, and one day decided that he needed to find God. It’s a technique for manifestation that will be discussed later, so it’s very important to make sure your desires are in line with your life’s goals, or you just might end up with a lot of unnecessary things or uncomfortable situations. But how often do you stop and ask yourself what you really do want-and even then, how much of the time are you really sure?

In fact, ideas of what you want and don’t want are regularly popping in and out of your head. 'The ignorant man asks for material possessions, the intelligent man asks for enlightenment, but the wise man just loves and receives everything.' ~The Vedas

The Power of Desire by Gallina Binelli