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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  You will realise that while human beings can have free will, most of the time they do not have it.
Most of the time, we operate from conditioned responses. Our minds are very chaotic. Our thoughts drift everywhere. We have very little control over our thinking processes - just how little, we do not know, until we begin to meditate. |
I actually totally agree with you on this point.
But it's a big shot from there to the LoA or SR. If they were right it would mean we could influence other people's decision even though they're not aware we even exist (attracting somebody etc). That's the most bogus part of the theory. Unless of course we accept the highly speculative, flawed, and potentially dangerous theory of only ONE consciousness ...
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To give you a simple example, a very basic meditation exercise is simply to concentrate on your breath. Think of nothing, just focus on your breath, observe the sensation of breathing, as air passes through your nostrils etc. That's it. Do that for 7 consecutive breaths.
Sounds simple? Go try it. As a beginner, you probably cannot do it for even 7 consecutive breaths, without your thoughts drifting to something quite random. Like what you want to eat for lunch tomorrow, and what your ex-girlfriend is doing now, or which team is going to the World Cup finals.
Go try it. Really. Try it now.
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Actually I've tried this before. I meditate (more or less) regularly. And the pink elephant is a classic, hehe.