Fate Or Freewill

Submitted by NoTimer on September 10, 2003 - 1:41pm. The Illusion of Time

I like to believe I have freewill, but I hear so much talk about fate. Which is it?

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Complimentary Contradictions

Submitted by Jared on September 10, 2003 - 2:14pm.

We live in a duality where any statement of Truth is complimented by what at first appears to be a contradiction.

If you are familair with the symbol of the Yin-Yang symbol as used in the I-Ching:

http://www.nilssonmedia.org/products/slideshow/images/yin-yang-yshua-8.jpg

This signifies the balance of opposing concepts.

And so we come to the question of Fate or Freewill.

Consider the 'lines of force' around a magnet. For an illustration, go here and click the 'ON' button:

http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/java/magneticlines/

The curved lines along the length of the magnet are like our freewill while the nodes represent our fate.

There are certain experiences we are destined to go through and certain lessons we are fated to learn. We are free to choose the way we live our lives, but at some point we will meet our fate.

The way we live our lives has much to do with how we experience that fate.

"Experience The Magic"
Jerry L. Pianka
Mountain View, CA - USA

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Fate, freewill, and destiny

Submitted by evette1211 on October 31, 2003 - 8:07pm.

Been asking myself the same question once. So I searched the net about fate, freewill, and destiny. There's this one comment I found which helped me understand. It says:

"Life is like a game of cards. The cards that you are dealt with are fated, but how you play your hand is entirely up to you. Hold them or fold them, it's your freewill."

:-)

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I like it! "Experience The

Submitted by Jared on November 1, 2003 - 2:17pm.

I like it!

"Experience The Magic"
Jerry L. Pianka
Mountain View, CA - USA

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INTERESTING

Submitted by mozart1234 on March 5, 2007 - 8:44pm.

It must be a very interesting twist. Free will and destiny must be possible. Would you suppose if might be that....the lives we are living now are lived according to our free will. But are they? So, I decide to go back and recreate my past. Ok? But, here's a possible twist...Bet it's already written in the timeless universe. It's an interesting interplay.

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