We can choose what we will do, but we cannot choose what we will choose. ❣️

The feeling that we are the doer is itself, Maya,... Act as if you have the free will knowing that you don't.

Being a doctor I always think about it. Our thought and action could be a life and death question for our patients. Which force determines the stream of thought at that challenging moment when I take a decision on patient's management

We don't have free will until we have no more karma, then we have Freed Will, moving about, making our True Actions in Choiceless Awareness in the Universe in the Now of voluntary & involuntary forces of Nature that metamorphosizes US to Be Gods!

Swamiji, Namskar. your lessons are always good to hear and based on real life guidance. May I request you too publish 10% of your lessons in Indian languages speak may be in Hindi or Bengali. That may be good for moral development of our country.

Thank you guruji. I am listening to you with my mother.

As usual, an unparalleled explanation of a lofty subject in layman's terms! Thank you dear Swamiji!! You are indeed a guiding light on this planet engulfed in darkness, ignorance & confusion!

Great explanation swamiji. My pranams. "From freedom we come, in bondage we exist and unto freedom we go"....a very profound and far reaching conclusion by Swami Vivekananda. I believe that is the purpose of mankind. Science and technology also strives to achieve the same goal through materials available in this universe and synthesising it. That's also karma.

From bad karma through good karma to beyond karma! Thank you Vedanta NY for uploading, pranams to all the organizers as well..

I am not the body I am living in my body I am not the Doer My past Sanskars and other five factors making me to do. Everything is "Guna Guneshu vartanta" "I am the witness conscious"

Crystal clear and amazing intellectual discourse on an age-old question. Worth listening to again and again. The conclusion drawn is brilliant. Swami Sarvapriyanandaji Pranam. Joy Thakur Ma Swamiji. 🙏🙏

ਆਪਣ ਹਥੀ ਆਪਣਾ ਆਪੇ ਹੀ ਕਾਜੁ ਸਵਾਰੀਐ ॥੨੦॥ With our own hands, let us resolve our own affairs. ||20|| Guru Nanak Dev Ji in Raag Aasaa - 474

Thank you Swamiji. I have reached this present state of non duality only because of your profound teachings.

There is only the appearance of choice. ‘Events happen, deeds are done, you are not the doer thereof.’ - Buddha

I am feeling blessed, positive, peaceful and one powerful soul when I listen you my brother maharaj. Pranams.

Hari Om Shanti Swami Sarvapriyananda. Happy Krishmas. ☃️

Thank you so much, past few days I thought a lot about our free will, and I figured out it must be an illusion. Now I just came across your video and you just tell exactly what I figured, amazing 🤩 🙏🏻❤️

If my experiences are based on the past life actions, then it clearly means i had freewill back then and i used it good or bad, now i experience the result. Which clearly means that if i had freewill in past genma, then definitely i have freewill now also. But we cannot clearly draw the line where fate ends and freewill begins. Definitely both exists. Freewill to freedom. 🙏

Swami, I never seek a personal freedom. I want the Truth for entire Humanity in this Planet. Either I want liberation for all Or I am completely willing to be bound to this planet for eons. Namaskaram Swami 🙏🙏🙏

Swamiji your clarity on every possible subject is commendable 🙏🙏

I like the Guy.Authenticity is what we need now

pranam to Thakkur and to you all.

So beautiful.. I knew the story of the cow. But bringing its master into picture, and saying that it might let the cow loose or tie it somewhere else where it might be greener, this part of the story - i did not know. Nice, very beautiful..

_"Therefore we see at once that there cannot be any such thing as free will; the very words are a contradiction, because will is what we know, and everything that we know is within our universe, and everything within our universe is moulded by the conditions of space, time, and causation. Everything that we know, or can possibly know, must be subject to causation, and that which obeys the law of causation cannot be free. It is acted upon by other agents, and becomes a cause in its turn. But that which has become converted into the will, which was not the will before, but which, when it fell into this mould of space, time, and causation, became converted into the human will, is free; and when this will gets out of this mould of space, time, and causation, it will be free again. From freedom it comes, and becomes moulded into this bondage, and it gets out and goes back to freedom again."_ excerpt from Karma Yoga, Swami Vivekananda

Life is Eternal, the Life-Desire is Motor of Life, in direct extension, We have Will Life-side, and Gravity, Stuff-side. Rainbow picture our Consciousness and Basic-Developing-Circuit. in beginning of a new Circuit, Will is at its minimum performance, and in the end, at its maximum performance. So this is the Basic perspective, of Will. By our Will, We do Balance Gravity of Earth, with our own, when We lift the cup.

Thank you Swamiji. One way of looking at freewill is the choice we have to feel happy or otherwise in that circumstance. If you decide to remain happy then you develop a positive attitude and similarly we have people with negativity. This could determine the general state of one's life. So this could be another view of freewill that Prabhu has given us. The life takes it's turn and twists depending on nature. Depending on how freewill is exercised one remains happy or otherwise. All humans directly or indirectly strive to remain happy all the while. Om

How about this? I have a tendency to think or act in a certain manner in response to a certain situation,and normally I would act this way. However, due to my spiritual practice, when the situation arises I have a quiet mind, which holds in abeyance all my pre-conceived notions on what to do. In this open awareness I can choose an action that aligns with wisdom and love. This response may be something totally new for me. So, the question is, Is this free will or just more conditioning?

Swamiji sarvapriyananda ji ....i see a complete resemblance in u of swami Vivekananda ji....u r completely a living Vivekananda ji...equally in knowledge too u r Vivekananda ji and so crystal clear wid such clarity u explain us about divine soulful knowledge it becomes so clear and makes us understand Dat we all are unnecessarily running behind material wants wen soul needs none.... Infact listening to ur soulful knowledge let's us experience bliss which no material gifts can ever offer.... Thaaaaaaank yooooou Swamiji thank you to enlighten us.... 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you Swamiji.🙏🏻

As this vedio starts it punched me. Indian devi like appearance appeared there & then the voice; my God- I can't remain stable at that moment. Remarkable. That was really remarkable to have this experience. I was experiencing something that is extraordinary for me. What an introduction it was! Optimised number of accurately deserving words with optimum clearity of voice. Though it was delivered in American accent yet I was able to grasp the message in its wholeness. It seems there is neutrality & stability in her perceptions. I can add something to my perceptions it seems after I watched this complete vedio session. Thank you so so so much.

We have karmic tendencies. We have free will in the sense we can try to fight them. We definitely have free will to not do evil. A murderer saying he murdered due to determinism from his previous states of mind is absurd. We have free will. That is why human life is so precious and unique.

The concept of free will falls apart when the I gets challenged.

RAMKRISHNA SARANAM

Namaskaram Guru 🙏🙏🙏

Best part is from 23:00 onwards. Indian philosophies are so complete and comprehensive that all the western researcher theories fail in front of it. Request you to please speak on Indian religion and philosophies more than western theories as it is simple, hits the core and highly advanced than any other existing research work which only rebrands Indian philosophy. We come here to learn about life and manushya from you and the vedas

Love the way you balanced different (3) school of thoughts. I was wondering if you would let us know which way you are tilted, but by not doing so, you enhanced our free will 😂.

ਮਃ ੨ ॥ Second Mehla: ਨਕਿ ਨਥ ਖਸਮ ਹਥ ਕਿਰਤੁ ਧਕੇ ਦੇ ॥ The string through the nose is in the hands of the Lord Master; one's own actions drive him on. ਜਹਾ ਦਾਣੇ ਤਹਾਂ ਖਾਣੇ ਨਾਨਕਾ ਸਚੁ ਹੇ ॥੨॥ Wherever his food is, there he eats it; O Nanak, this is the Truth. ||2|| Guru Angad Dev Ji in Raag Sorath - 653

Surrendering ourselves to supreme conscious, releases us from the affect of Maya, Maya is a kind of bhranti ..................................... Jivanmukta Attaining freedom,

Pranam Maharaj, it is always a wonderful experience to listen to you. 🙏🙏 This dilemma of free will vs.past karmas is very well solved by your discourse 🙏🙏

Swamijee charansaprash thought process insight WILL is generated it is turbine enrolled with two wires means cause ad effect light of consciousness is generated but tobe in the being of life such gurujee is needed Jai Bharat 👏

Pronaams!🙏

Action is willed by us, and in that sense, we have free will. But since our actions are influenced by natures three modes of ignorance, passion, and goodness our free will is filtered through these modes of nature and that is what is called conditioned life.

thanks to swamiji for this wonderful session.

❤ Free will is not a matter of feeling but Consciousness. I have free will not because I feel like this but because I am a conscious Being, Nevertheless, without eliminating subconscious programming and developing higher capacities of the mind and conscious contact with divine Essen, is not possible to exercise our Free will.

Swami, You are the Divine incarnation of Swami Narada in this Planet. I'm feeling so happy to meet you again Swami. Swami, I know that You see the Truth all the Time. Swami, Just liberate us. Just Show us the Truth. Humans are capable. They are responsible towards Mother Earth and the creatures and the creation. Every one of our species is bound unconditional towards the Source of creation. Just show us the Truth Swami Namaskaram 🙏🙏🙏

Pranam Swamiji 🙏🏻

So beautifully swami simplified this difficult topic. Awesome

i like the way you compared it with sports. its Just WOW Thanks a lot

Thank you so much Swamiji🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Splendid explanation.🙏🙏🙏 Thanks a lot for uploading this. Expecting more of these kind of talks. Pranam Swamiji

Pranams & Thanks, Sir🙏🙏🙏

My heartfelt thanks for enlightening us about the free will, Swami ji. I've never heard so chrystal clear the explanation. Sanatan Dharama is great really...

My salutations to you revered swami ji

Pranaam maharaj🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

So insightful 🙏 The way Guru Jee explains with example gives immense clarity. We are free if we can see that. „ Spritual advancement „ 🙏

Pronam Thakur Maa Swamiji

Deterministic nature of events Cause n effect. Action n Reaction. Automation. Programmed way of events. Simplified here the secrets of the nature's operations. We all are bound to be with in the limits of the nature that are set or programmed. Free will is something out of this programmed system of Universe. That is TRANSCEND. Breaking of bondages. Again I bow to the team of this vedio Om Shanti Shanti Shanti!

Free will is an illusion. Similar to the illusions of time, space, causality and separation. Relatively, it feels as if we have free will but fundamentally, we don’t.

Always an excellent satsanga from Swami.

Thank you Swamiji🙏

प्रणाम स्वामीजी !

May your practice bring you closer to the eternal calmness, the radiant light of the void.

Pranams Taqur Maharaj🙏

Very confusing subject. But, Swamiji has explained it very honestly. Without self realisation it is not fully comprehensible. Till that, only try to do good karma.🙏

the moment you think about it it goes...otherwise totally free as oneness

Thank you Guru Ji for the illuming clarity and simplicity in expression.🙏

To the Messenger- gratitude.

Swami ji beautifuly ended by saying to liberate from karma cycle 🙏

Profound insights as always 🙏

Swamiji, your eloquence yet simplicity in such topics makes it insightful and inspiring! In the context of freewill I wanted to ask about purushartha in shaping our actions and consequences, and also about working towards eliminating our vasanas. These two concepts taken together presumes we have free will, no? I am a novice in this field, pardon my ignorance!!

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Life is freedom. We're responsible for our own destiny. God only facilitates the process depending upon our actions.

Every possible action we do in this very moment (now) from our free will (illusionary) is already determined. Certainty is illusion in the vast uncertainty.

This is SO GREAT! Sri Siddharameshwar Maharaj said "Act but know that you are not the doer." When you take yourself to be the lower, separative self, you are bound. When you realize your real Self you are free.

Guru ji speech makes us enlightenment.....🙏🙏🙏

Very nice

🙏🙏🙏 for sharing your knowledge n your thoughts with us

For those who think free will is there, think of it like this. Can we control our body and mind processes (thinking, digesting, breathing) etc. by our sheer will? Decide how we will age, what thought we will think, when we will die and so on. And when we instantly know that what i say is not possible, you will know what is meant by free will. Free will is not about deciding to drink coffee in a certain time or going to office or taking a job or achieving something in career or even things like giving an auto suggestion to wake up at 6 am and waking up. Mind has immense possibilities and has achieve 18 powers that are beyond miraculous. Body even. But free will is a far deeper fact that you didn't decide where you were born, how you look, you dont control any of your body or mind process, you dont know what you will speak until you speak, you have no safety in any dimension. SOMETHING determined all this, not you, not your parents, not anybody - that SOMETHING IS A PREVIOUS CAUSE THAT OCCURS IN THE PRESENT TIME AND SPACE - and it occurs continuously moment on moment - but because you are controlling your survival processes like eating, drinking, sleeping and working and so on and that too to a miniscule extent, you are just feeling that you have free will.

🙏🙏🙏 Thank you guruji always.

Pranams swamiji

Great Swami ji...

Swamiji, you are just splendid...

This helped immensely... Thank you 🙏🏼

Thank you both! Insightful!

Thank you Swamiji

Thank you so much... Jai Shree krishna🙏

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 love hearing Swamiji like nothing

Respected Swamiji , I should not say I am your fan, but I have become your ardent follower Swamiji. I have been listening to Dr Brian Greene and Neil de Grasse lectures on Free will, but Swamiji I must say no one could make this topic so enlightening and easy to grasp. Pranam to you🙏

When you search for the 'I', you come to know that I-' the witness' cant be the doer, nor can I -' the body mind intellect complex'. Its all a movie that I am forced to watch, or rather a dream which my mind forces me to see...which is actually the creation of my own free will yet creates a dilemma of doership / witness. :) And this is MAYA:)

Very knowledgeable. Thanks Swamiji. 🙏🙏

Now I get my long waiting reply.ask top most motivational speakers no one can reply why two son of same parents act very differently, and motivation is not everything. I think It's the results of cause and effect and free will is limited in nature but utilising fully may make one toper ..

Very nice talks and explanation swamiji. Saints like you are a gift to mankind.

Keep up the good work and meaningful conversations. We are all grateful. 🙏🏾

Bottom line: WHO is there to have free will if Reality is Non-Dual?

Jai Sri Ramakrishna

We can not not believe which is the way in which we are not free, we can choose what we believe, that is how we are free, we all have a master that we are free to choose. I've come to this idea over and over in my meditations. also belief is ego, and it is inescapable like gravity, I like to call it the gravity of belief or ego.

As I understood is that, the God, the Supreme Consciousness, is only having the free will and if we agree with their decisions or if we totaly surrender to thy wish, we are free.

Powerful talk. Very thought provoking

Jai guru Swamiji🙏 🌹🌷🥀

Thankyou swamiji