Firstly we get to look at the film Matrix where the order of things in the world of the matrix operates on a peaceful ignorance of not knowing they are deprived of choices by a controlling higher intelligence, no knowing that their feelings and reality without those choices are fake.
This OP...
I'm curious as to situations that almost happened in your life, but didn't happen. I'm talking like, if things happened even slightly differently, how your life would be impacted by such. Let me explain my example.
When I was living on the east side I mainly applied to two places for the next...
Question: If it were shown to you that the only way to end human suffering, or the human based perception of human suffering, is to remove free will choices from all humanity - would you be willing to accept the removal of free will in order to end human suffering?
Details: Meaning that no...
Philosophy, the love of wisdom, the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
What happens if all that was not a choice?
I offer these two thoughts to discuss which was given by Baha'u'llah in the Súriy-i-Haykal
"...Within the treasury of Our Wisdom there lies...
The purpose of this OP is to explore our Choice of Faith, is it a choice, is it not?
I have read in other OP's on RF where people say it was not a choice, that their Faith was a natural process that required no choices.
To an extent I agree, as I see God has created us all in the same image...
I put this in the general debate section, not that it needs to be debated, but it will indeed bring about a lot of clashes of differing opinions. As such, I do not want to restrict comments by putting this elsewhere.
Reflecting on my time here at RF and the demises I have faced fro my own...
Hi All,
I wanted to hear other people's experiences and feedback regarding choosing a spiritual path. I have been a seeker for about 15 years. I grew up a Catholic but had a curiosity to study other religions. I have spent time with the Hare Krishnas, Sikhs, Eckankar among others. I do have...