Re: Mind's Eye Re: Why don't I spill tea on my bed ?

I am sitting near my bed and sipping tea in a very cool frame of mind
, even the thought of spilling tea doesn't come to my mind. But on
another day I am very unhappy due to various reasons and am feeling so
frustrated that I become so agitated that I don't spill tea but
actually throw the whole cup on my bed. I am the same person but the
circumstances and my psyche at that moment are completely different ,
so where is my freedom of choice ? Am I not actually bound by my
psyche ? Is not freedom of will just a belief ?

On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 3:17 PM, Lee Douglas <leerevdouglas@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think that is a massive statment to make, so heh let me make another one.
>
> If we are to belive cause and effect, and surley there is no getting away
> from it, then all things are bound by their nature, enviroment and verious
> other things.  So to claim that we have no free choice because we, like
> everything else, are bound by our nature and enviroment, I think is wrong,
> and far to simplistic a way to see things.
>
> Our freedom of choice lies in the fact that we can indeed choose.  You may
> not spill tea on your bed because knowing that you wpuld not liek to soil
> your bed you may choose not to take your tea anywhere near it.  However the
> fact remains that if you choose, disoite your dislike of gettiong hot tea on
> your bed, you can still walk over to you bed, cup in hand and tip the whole
> thing over it.
>
> We are free to choose within the bounds that we have and that my friend is
> what we mean by free will.
>
>
>
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> On Tuesday, 5 June 2012 18:15:24 UTC+1, RP Singh wrote:
>>
>> Why don't I spill tea on my bed ? One reason is that it would spoil my
>> bed , another is that I hold myself responsible for any such action.
>> But does that make me really free in the matter of choice ? Nope! my
>> choice is bound by my psyche, which in turn is bound by matter in the
>> form of this human body and the environment interacting with it.