Freedom of choice is an illusion, because any choice occurs spontaneously and simultaneously due to the reasons that determine the choice. Most people, when faced with the concept of spontaneity, perceive its essence as a kind of playful form of activity. In fact, the spontaneity of the mind manifests itself totally. That is, everything that a person feels - happens absolutely spontaneously, or in a different facet of the perception of this process - mechanically. Mechanism is the perception of spontaneity through the prism of its cause. And this reason makes spontaneity something fatal, inevitable. Therefore, many people may frankly dislike the theory that freedom of choice is illusory. In this vein, it is possible to focus on spontaneity beyond cause and effect. Enlightenment,about which spiritual teachings speak - is the awareness of the total spontaneity (mechanicalness) of all processes of consciousness, and liberation from the burden of the illusion of choice.
When realizing the fact of total spontaneity of the mind, a person is forced to face such a paradox as the illusion of any choice. Choice is the essence of human life, because our whole life is a stream of continuous choices. Each moment is a doubt and a new choice to which attention is directed. The very essence of the choice, as it were, suggests that we simultaneously have different options for the development of events, and they are always present, as it were, in parallel. And choice, in this vein, represents "freedom" in the development of the storyline of life. However, in reality, life remains linear and this freedom is illusory. We just watch this life like a movie. Participation in life, will and choice are the same, only part of what we observe. The illusory will is only one of the processes of the motion picture. Will happens spontaneously, like everything else in this life.
The feeling of choice gives rise to the feeling that we are doing something - the feeling of participation in some process. However, in essence, the experience of oneself as a doer is a kind of river, consisting of hundreds of subconscious “micro choices” that are not realized by the average person, therefore the activity of the mind is felt as something self-evident: “it cannot be otherwise”.
Choice as an opportunity to make one or another decision is an illusion, because in essence it is a spontaneous, chaotic consequence of the flow of micro "choices" that just happen. What we call the activity of the mind and the life of a person happens absolutely mechanically due to the spontaneous movement of subtle matter and energy.
The feeling of choice (like the feeling of "I") seems very real because there is "energy of consciousness" in it. The feeling of choice occurs when the “now” is not “satisfied”. Choice is the "repulsion" of the present moment, its avoidance. Any choice is just a wave of rejection. Then the wave falls - between two choices, the focus of consciousness returns to reality, the inability to accept it again manifests itself, and again - a new moment of repulsion in a new choice. All this happens spontaneously.
The repulsion of reality is the inability of consciousness to realize itself, to realize what is in the present. The ability to be aware of what is is depends on the level of clarity. From this perspective, the choice as a repulsion to reality is a simple lack of clarity. Almost half of progressman.ru articles are devoted to how clarity manifests itself in our life.
Reality in the human body is aware of itself actively, in waves, but as if partially. Deeper continuous clear awareness eliminates this feeling of "life repulsion" and stops the illusion of choice, because it reflects its components: mechanical micro "choices" and a wave of rejection, which are composed of spontaneous particles.
The inability to become aware of oneself is manifested because consciousness is "mixed" with matter. Self-knowledge (contemplation of one's own psychic interior) as the main factor in the development of clarity, eliminates the illusion of choice with all doubts, and allows you to truly accept the present moment.
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