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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