JustineS wrote on Nov 14th, 2008 at 5:41pm:This is related to a question I asked yesterday about reincarnation.
Do you think it is possible to choose not to rise so high that you lose your body?
Also, in a related question, is the destination of every soul supposed to be a full merger with the source? Cause I'd really rather not
I've thought of this myself and have arrived at a conclusion that begs what it is your question asks. I arrived at the conclusion that there is NO FREE WILL, within the context of our existence (singular).
The concept of Free Will permits us to make choices regardless of what the results may be. Not only are we permitted to freely make choices irregardless of outcomes (outcomes that we apparently have no knowledge of prior to our choices, but apparently we will be apprised of AFTER we have made those choices) but we have as much time and opportunity to do so.
Your question (can I choose not to rise so high) and it's motivation (I'd really rather not choose to rise so high that I lose my body) infers that you have the choice to make that choice. You have Free Will.
From my reading of Michael Newton's works on lives between lives, Newton's anecdotal evidence purports to show that reincarnating souls are permitted as much time and resources they need to continue to reincarnate forever (relative to human life terms) UNTIL (yes, and this is the UNTIL, the BUT, the HOWEVER) your guides come along and ask you the question: Don't you think it's time to get going? Well, if Newton's experience showed your guides have this ultimate question to ask of you, I'd think that you are "guided" to advanced developmental points. Hence, is there Free Will? Of course, within the context of paradigms that have defined borders, we have free will. Once we move outside of the box, so to speak, into larger paradigms with greater borders, it appears to me that we are all headed in ONE direction.
Sad, but apparently true. So, my idea of choosing to be more evil than Napoleon and Hisler (sic) combined, with yet the third anti-Christ to be identified, will be an empty quest since I will be guided in ONE direction, that being the direction of all encompassing universal love.