Sunday, April 13, 2014

Logic Puzzles: Objective Freedom

I came across the idea that there can never be such a thing as an illusion of free will. Free will is either possessed or it is not. When one has the ability to ponder about their will, it is already the case that it is free to do so. While it is true that animals are pretty much free to do as they please, their will is not very strong. It is hard to think of other animals as free will beings because they are barely aware of their own awareness. After all, only beings with a great enough will are capable of benefiting from the final two adjutant mind spirits: those of wisdom and worship.

Understanding the fine line in ancient human history where individuals gain the freedom of will in order to separate themselves from instinct and the chemical processes is a tricky business. However, if we could know which early humans were given unique personality by the Father, it would be easy to know who gained free will and who was still under the influence of their body and the environment.

Look at consciousness the following way. For a finite animal with no survival value, consciousness is like a bubble inflating to a certain size and then popping. From personality comes freedom, and from a strong enough will and intelligence (plus the Father of course) comes the personality. Without the ability of the mind to make conscious choices, the personality and soul cannot grow. While the Thought Adjuster does play a role in this, it is still true that children survive death before they are indwelt and a soul is built. God can clearly re-personalize individuals who were not yet capable of surviving solely through a free will relationship with God, creating an immortal soul. Since the personality does not yet have a permanent vehicle of its own for death, God becomes that vehicle, or the medium through which the personality regains existence.

The fact is, once that personality is created, the bubble of consciousness should not pop, and this originally depends on the ability for that organism to have free will (to gain higher self awareness, at least potentially in the future). It is clear that all beings bestowed with personality from the Father share this freedom in decision-making, and it seems this freedom is absolutely necessary for the individual to even truly contemplate about the said freedom.

Thus, those without free will could never understand free will. The concept would not exist, for there would barely be a realm of thought to consider the matter. Only those free can believe that they are not free, and only those without this freedom cannot hope to understand that the freedom exists in the first place. There cannot exist an illusion of freedom because those without freedom cannot see the illusion and those with it cannot lose their freedom as it is guarded and upheld by God. The concept of an "illusion of freedom" is an illusion in itself as it tricks free-thinking minds into believing they may not be free. It is like prison bars made of air.

This logic depends on the following:
1. True free will for evolutionary creatures depends on all seven of the Adjutant Mind Spirits, or at least the final two. (I am not aware of the requirements for celestials, so this is only about humans.)
2. Free will is about the awareness of one's awareness and the freedom of thought, not about the outside choices or actions available to the individual.
3. God will always uphold and respect the free will it grants to others.

(Free will may require the gift of personality, which is not adequately discussed here.)

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