Free Will and Work
I previously presented these questions: Does working at a job that is not our first choice take away from free will? If so, then who is to blame for this situation? Was someone else beside yourself supposed to supply you with a job opportunity that makes you happy?
Some may buy into the idea that the drudgery of working at a job that is not your first choice takes away free will but such is not the case. What they do not understand is there is a difference between natural limitation in which all life forms find themselves and free will or a lack thereof.
Allow me to give examples of both.
Natural limitation: Example One: Johnny is a seven-year-old kid and is frustrated that he cannot run as fast as his older brother. His lack of equality here is not caused by anyone taking away his free will but a natural limitation. He can however use his free will to exercise regularly to increase his running speed.
Interfering with free will: Example One: Big brother ties Johnny up so he can’t run anywhere.
Natural limitations: Example Two: Bob and Ken are climbing a mountain. Ken gets to the top but Bob runs out of steam before he reaches it. “I can’t go on,” he says and climbs back down and misses the great view. Both have equal free will but Bob has greater limitation because of natural unequal strength and determination.
Interfering with free will: Example Two: Ken gets to the top and then prevents Bob from getting there by pushing him back down every time he attempts the final ascent.
Natural limitations: Example Three: John’s a good-looking guy and can have any girl he wants. Alonzo is not so good-looking and socially awkward. No one wants to go out with him. Is lack of free will holding him back? No, he is suffering from natural limitations.
Interfering with free will: Example Three: John tells all the girls he knows to not date Alonzo because he is creepy and insane which is a lie. Alonzo is a nice guy.
Natural limitations: Example Four: Julia is a naturally talented singer and has always dreamed of singing in a nightclub. After years of cultivating her talent, she finally gets her break working for a popular club and loves her job.
Kathy also dreams of singing in a nightclub but doesn’t have a good natural voice. The best job she can find is as a waitress in the nightclub and hates her job. Every time she sees Julia singing away enjoying herself she thinks, “That could be me!”
Is Kathy suffering from someone taking away her free will? No. She is dealing with a natural limitation.
Interfering with free will: Example Four: Kathy is so jealous that she kidnaps Julia so she cannot appear for her next performance. This definitely interferes with Julia’s free will.
All life forms, even God, the One Great Life, find themselves with limitations in this universe. This does not mean that anyone is taking away your free will. On the other hand, the main purpose of free will is to remove limitations. Johnny can increase his running speed through exercise. Bob can some strength training so he can climb the next mountain. Alonzo can get advice on improving his appearance and social skills. Kathy can take singing lessons or maybe develop a natural talent she has in another area.
No supernatural being is going to come down, wave a magic wand, and remove all of anyone’s limitations. For one thing even supernatural beings have their own set or limitations, but they do not see them as something that takes away their free will.
Man is that he might have joy and joy comes through applying ourselves and removing our limitations. If someone does this for us then the source of our joy is diminished. When we apply ourselves and make progress by removing limitations then the bird of joy encircles us always, worlds without end.
Reader: When one says the song of the 144,000 and imagine the light going to all who say this song is it ok to send the light to my Mom and imagine her when saying the song as she does not say the song as I do. I have tried to get her to say it. I read that one can send the light only to those that say it.
JJ: Like the Song says “Wherever I will the light to descend.” I wouldn’t visualize her in the circle of those saying it since she does not, but visualize the light descending on her would be fine.
Reader: I am wondering what the definition of “natural limitation” refers to?
Is the limitation caused through the laws of nature?
JJ: There’s no mystery here. They are just the limitations of the circumstances in which one finds himself.
Reader: For example, an alcoholic pregnant woman who drinks throughout her pregnancy has unnaturally affected the fetus with a toxic substance, and hence has tampered with the laws of nature, so that the baby is born with limitations of the physical body, emotional body or mental body or all 3.
Or are natural limitations created by the Soul for karmic reasons?
JJ: Everything has a reason. Our current circumstances are the result of all of our past and the soul arranges part of them.
Reader: Also what role do particular Rays play in natural limitations?
JJ Similar to different sets of clothes you may choose to wear.
Reader: love, Love, LOVE!!! this concept but there seems to be something wrong with your sentence structure – or at any rate my understanding of it.
So do you mean: SOME or most of our current circumstances are the result of our past [experiences, decisions, etc] and all the rest of our circumstances/experiences are designed/arranged by our souls?
So then, TRUE “accidents” – in which one experiences something NOT the effect of either our past and NOT designed by the soul – either do not happen [period] or would be so RARE as to be virtually non-existent. Is that right?
JJ: All current circumstances in our lives and all creation and activity in the universe is the result of past activity and decisions made.
Some are much more obvious than others. If you shoot at a bulls eye and hit it then the result is obviously the result of your intention and action.
On the other hand, if someone bumps you in the middle of a shot and you hit a passing dog then this result is not so obvious. Even so, it is still the result of the past, but more subtle things are involved.
All accidents are the result of one of three categories.
[1] Something planned by an intelligent force. For instance, I believe that the accident I had at age 13 that changed the course of my life was planned by my soul.
Then there are planned accidents less benevolent such as the evil husband disabling the brakes on his wife’s car.
[2] Carelessness. If I stub my toe this is merely an unplanned careless event not planned by intelligence but still the result of past activity.
[3] Collisions of subtle forces. DK talks about this. When Susan injured her foot as discussed in the recent gathering audio she suffered a collision of forces moving in her life. A sensitive person can sense when such a collision is about to take place. If he does he can take pains to be extra careful and avoid an accident.
In the end, it is important to realize that some accidents are a part of a plan and others are not and could have been avoided. Even so, they are still the result of past activity and decisions set in motion.
There is a time to let things happen and a time to make things happen. – Hugh Prather
Feb 21, 2013
Join JJ’s Facebook group HERE
JJ’s Amazon page HERE