Free Will

What launched me into metaphysics and spirituality in the late 70’s was my concern over whether or not I or anybody else really had free will.  I think what Seth is saying here is that in this earthly, 3D plane of action and choice in linear time, we have purposely given ourselves the appearance of choice.  

In reality, all possibilities of all times and space exist at once (in the spacious present that Seth speaks of) so we have choice because we deny ourselves conscious awareness of all of these possibilities and the game of life now becomes interesting and fulfilling.  As we look at what we know of as human history, you can see the impact of choices made out of local optimization … by local I mean within a narrowly defined physical ecosystem and with a focus on the “near term” in linear time.  This is playing out once again in our history with various nations becoming protectionist and seeking greater autonomy as opposed to recognizing the integrity of the human species and the grace of Gaia.

On the other hand, the Transcendors, Lazaris and others have pointed out that the choices we make aren’t limited to merely picking from a pre-determined array of probabilities; rather, there are more powerful choices that we can make that create totally new possibilities.  

Seth points out elsewhere that every moment (past and future) and every probable moment (past and future) are each alive and each moment seeks its own version of fulfillment.  I imagine this to be like circular waves radiating out from a stone dropped on an infinite pool of water.  Seth goes even further to point out that we actually can feel the energy from past and future probabilities - not just the influence of past events (like we pretend).  I highly recommend reading Jane Roberts’ Oversoul Seven trilogy to get an idea of how free-wheeling and creative reality really is!

The dilemma for us, I think, is that we try to understand everything from our 3D, linear time duality using a dualistic logical system.  The explosion of All That Is into creativity is done outside of time, in the “spacious present" … so the very concept of explosion is meaningless.  There is also no “where” to place All That Is and no place for this explosion!  

So much for what we consider to be “knowledge” and what we know as reason (logical deductions).

“I am saying that man has free will within the framework of his existence, and that all other species do also within the frameworks of their existences.”

(The Individual and the Nature of Mass Events, Session 866)