It could be said that in Abraham's teachings you have no control either, desire for your goal is the driving force, where does desire come from?
We have the control to act upon desire, in the case of IM intending fulfillment or not. However the desire itself comes from within us, the cause is not something we're aware of. Okay in cases like hunger it's obvious, but talking life purpose or even just personal preference when you push past our programming our desire springs from within. No cause, hence no control. Why do we want what we want?
So maybe we have a higher soul controlling things? Is it the conduit to the greater universe, godpower, force, source, etc... maybe. Perhaps our pure desires (those not subconcious reactions to the world we live in) are our souls desires and by extension the will of the universe. It seems to be a matter of focus, am I my ego or my soul? The soul/universe has control, the ego does not, it can only react. From an ego level we can choose to follow desire or not. It just depends on where we identify. I think both perspectives can be integrated.
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