By Marcelo Gleiser — 2014
The question of free will is essentially a question of agency, of who is in charge as we go through our lives making all sorts of choices.
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Once we are duly acquainted with the inherent dangers fate presents us, there are three ways we can decide not to live life on life’s terms.
The average person finds the free will vs. determinism debate totally academic—in everyday life we all proceed as if our choices and decisions are our own.
I believe we are in full control of our choices and that our actions, in response to what fate offers us, matter. We are here to learn lessons and the hard decisions we have to make are what helps us grow as humans. Our destiny is not something we can sit by and let happen to us.
Have you resigned to your fate or are you seeking your destiny?
But we’re better off believing in it anyway.
Wake up and grab the opportunities in front of you.
I would like to talk about the Buddhist concept of karma. It is a big topic, and you could spend years talking about it, and decades arguing about it.