[Mind's Eye] Re: The " I " factor

Hey RP,

This is the closest I think you and I have ever gotten to agreement on
this issue.

God has made you a partner in his will and it is your God Granted
choice to accept this partnership or not. Another word for this is
'Freewill'.

On May 31, 6:31 pm, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The Will of God is not visible and one's nature is not a single
> entity--good or bad , rather one's nature contains both good and bad ,
> the super-ego and the id. It is in one's hand to follow the good
> prompting of his nature or the evil in him. It is your choice , do
> good in the interest of longterm benefit or the bad for short-term
> gains.As to the Will of God , He has made you a partner in His Will ,
> you have to choose, act with reason or follow your impulses like a
> madman.
>
>
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> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Pat <PatrickDHarring...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On May 31, 5:24 pm, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Whatever a man does he is bound to do as the Will of God is supreme,
> >> but a person is not a robot. The " I " is an active agent and it is
> >> the individual who taking control over his nature does good in this
> >> world and on letting himself go does the bad. Strength of resolve is
> >> inherent in every person , some use it a lot, others let their
> >> impulses rule most of the time. It is in man's hand to keep his nature
> >> under control , and again in his hand to let it run amok.
>
> > I agree with one exception.  Actually, it's more of an inclusion.  An
> > individual must discover their nature before taking control of it.
> > Then the rest follows...good or bad.  For example, I fully believe
> > that Charles Manson DID discover his true nature and STILL inflicted
> > great injuries against humanity.  The same for Hitler.  Sometimes,
> > knowing one's nature does not prevent one from doing evil but leads
> > them to do it.  In other words, if it is God's will that X be done and
> > X is perceived by most people to be evil, X will still be done, as it
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