dave_a_mbs
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Hi Jean- When I decide to got o work, I also include a host of incidental decisions, like breathing, operating my vehicle safely etc. I also make the implicit decision to handle people appropriately, to work for their best interests etc. This might not be obvious, but it's all hooked on.
When I see something unpleasant happening to others and decide to become angry, I have made a decision. When I refuse to become angry, but instead decide to be joyful and loving in the present moment, even though I feel compassion for others and would prefer that they would have a better life, I am also making a decision. These attitudes define my life later on.
In the more extreme case, when I steal from someone and then die, I have made a decision to alter my future by the karmic tendencies that will arise to force payback.
The only level I can find in myself that seems to not be directly due to my own choices seems to be the initial projection of my nature from its ultimate Source as a living being. After that, as far as I can tell, I'm just steering a self-conscious vehicle through experiences and choices. The advantage of this perspective is that I can be at cause, rather than at effect, and I have agency over my circumstances.
dave
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