If you found this perspective impactful I’d like to recommend taking a look at the teaching of Advaita (“not-two”), or nonduality.
Wayne Liquorman does free weekly satsang via zoom at Advaita.org.
A book I recommend is I Am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj - a transcript of his Advaita talks and also one of the most influential books for 2023 or any other year in my life.
An Advaita pointer (a question to sincerely investigate - which investigation brings realization) that has been productive for me, has been to observe my choices and see what caused them.
I have been doing this for years and still haven’t observed an independent force which one may call “free” will.
Wayne’s take on “authorship” vs “doership” introduces the concept of “false sense of authorship”.
Wayne Liquorman does free weekly satsang via zoom at Advaita.org.
A book I recommend is I Am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj - a transcript of his Advaita talks and also one of the most influential books for 2023 or any other year in my life.
An Advaita pointer (a question to sincerely investigate - which investigation brings realization) that has been productive for me, has been to observe my choices and see what caused them.
I have been doing this for years and still haven’t observed an independent force which one may call “free” will.
Wayne’s take on “authorship” vs “doership” introduces the concept of “false sense of authorship”.
https://youtu.be/GXtQXxJU6NY?si=cJVcX4mZZ8tASZui