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Do we have free will?\u00a0 This question has stimulated the thoughts and writings of philosophers across time.\u00a0 What if most people do not have free will?\u00a0 If we look at free will as the ability to make a decision during a point in time that is free of the outside influence of people, events, situations, and the internal influences of unconscious structures, then we need to know that unconscious dynamics do not control us.\u00a0 However, if these dynamics are unconscious, how can we be aware of their influence?\u00a0 We can easily determine how external situations hold sway over us.\u00a0 What if your unconscious is influencing you, and you take action from that influence of which you are not aware?\u00a0 Is this action exerted from a place of free will?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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For example, a situation may exist in which your boss has doubts about his\/her own ability to do his\/her job, and that fear is projected onto you through criticism of your work.\u00a0 You, in turn, carry a fear of the disapproval of your father, and this fear is projected onto your boss.\u00a0 You are unconscious of this fear and of how it contributes to your relationship with your boss and how you react to situations in the workplace.\u00a0 In this case, you are not acting from free will.\u00a0 You are reacting to your unconscious fear.\u00a0 Unconscious reactivity is not acting from free will.\u00a0 At a present point of manifestation with any situation that involves your boss, you are influenced by your unconscious fear of disapproval that is triggered by your boss\u2019s insecurities.\u00a0 This is not free will.\u00a0 This is being powerless with your fear of disapproval.\u00a0 For instance, when your boss tells you that you are moving too slowly on a project, you may become anxious with your unconscious fear of disapproval.\u00a0 You may become reactive and snap at your boss, or become passive aggressive to his guidance.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In order for you to act from free will, you need to be present in the moment, to be aware of your reactivity that is occurring in that moment and to move your state of consciousness into a state of acceptance of your fears that are operating behind the reactivity.\u00a0 From this state of conscious presence, then, there are choices that you can enact upon the situation, based on what the situation calls for.\u00a0 This is called co-creating in the moment.\u00a0 This is free will.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Do we have free will?\u00a0 This question has stimulated the thoughts and writings of philosophers across time.\u00a0 What if most people do not have free will?\u00a0 If we look at free will as the ability to make a decision during a point in time that is free of the outside influence of people, events, situations, and the internal influences of Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,47],"tags":[41,45,50],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consciousness-study","category-creativity-and-innovation","tag-consciousness","tag-psychology","tag-spirituality","cat-42-id","cat-47-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1067,"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/1067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melissalowe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}