Free will and destiny

Jonathan Bricklin brickmar at EARTHCOM.NET
Mon May 11 13:50:25 CDT 1998


On May 10th, Swami Vishvarupananda wrote:




>Imo the accuracy of the nadi predictions is because they are not based
>merely on astrology, but were written down by seers. To them time does not
>exist, and when they see, the see not only what will come our way, but they
>also see, how our free will lead us to act. I'm still of the oppinion, if
>you read those leaves and see that what you are going to do will be a
>mistake you can decide to do it otherwise. It may require a good amount of
>will-power, though.
>
>Om Vishvarupananda

These ideas don't mesh well together.  If the seers are for real then they
are looking at a changeless whole. The good news about seers, for those who
are worried about the potential lethargy of fatalism, is that there are no
perfect ones.

Jonathan Bricklin
Brickmar at earthcom.net

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"Nor ever [it] was, nor will [it] be, since now [it] is all together, one,
continuous,"
Parmenides



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