Throughout the ages, the concept of free will has been a subject of serious debate.
What is it, how is it derived, pure science or is it divinity itself? It has been written, the paradox of free will keeps humankind, all living organisms constantly moving forward, overcoming obstacles, improving the species to survive. Many believe it is a ‘living’ organism’s desire to change that drives the evolution of all living things. This desire can be either positive or negative.
More importantly, desire implies intent which implies consciousness, to a greater or lesser extent, which all living things possess.
We can see this in the adaptive evolutionary process of living things from bacteria trying to overcome antibiotics, to the cheetah trying to run faster than the antelope, to the human desire for freedom and unobstructed creative thought. It can be said that total freedom is uninhibited consciousness.
These days, it can be said we are living in a time of unparalleled attacks against total freedom, we are in a human struggle against creative thought, which is the ultimate freedom. True freedom reduces fear. Conversely, fear reduces freedom and hope.
Hope is the human ingredient needed to overcome our existential pain and to drive the life force itself. Quashing hope can destroy the spirit of any society. History has taught us, without hope, populations are easier to manipulate. We are not here to control others or to be controlled. We are here to create. To see. To raise universal consciousness. We know who we are. We need to consider freedom, to think about our free will and what it means for the rest of humanity…before, perhaps, it is too late.
Some Suggested Reading:
- “Free Will” by Sam Harris (2012)
- “The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark” by Carl Sagan (1997)
- “On Grace and Free Will” by Sant Augustine/Philip Schaff (2017)
- “No-Choice Theory: A Simplified Scientific Analysis of Free Will and Determinism” by Ahmad Safavy, PhD. (2018)
- “Black Box Thinking: The Surprising Truth about Success”by Mathew Syed (1850)
- “Free: Why Science Hasn’t Disproved Free Will” by Alfred R. Mele (2014)
- “Who’s in Charge? Free Will and the Science of the Brain”by Michael S. Gazzaniga (2012)