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©Article based on the book: The Uncommon Path, O-Books, June 2009.
Mick Quinn's work is also published as Poder Y Gracia, Spain - June 2007.
 
P: Is free will by definition, not constrained by forces, physical or divine?

MQ: Correct: however, what is generally considered to be ‘my’ free will exists within such a narrow array of options put forth by your conditioned past. This is what I refer to as, conceptual-free-will. So without objectivity on your immersion in that conditioned past, it should come as no surprise to discover that your access to true free will is fully restricted.

P: But, there are many people who say that free will doesn’t even exist in the first place.

MQ: Yes. But, resilience in the face of chaos always usurps such false humility.

P: So is free will at the level of conceptual-mind sufficient to satisfy most people?

MQ: Mastering conceptual-free-will is a necessary level of development that we all must go through. It can, however, be troubling to acknowledge that significant choices from your past were not so much a reflection of your individual volition, but of your selections from the alternatives offered by concealed conditioning.

P: So attempting to sustain a consistent course of spiritual development by using the selections of the conceptual-mind is futile, not to mention frustrating!

MQ: Yes. And this is exactly how concealed conditioning stifles your potential and drains your vitality. If you believe that you can be free, without first identifying and transcending hidden habituation, it has you right where it wants you!

evolutionary pointer: When concealed conditioning is crafting your motives and values, you remain lost in phases of peace and conflict, pursuit and achievement, gain and loss. When the ego-identity is the only one seeking enlightenment it commonly misnames that itinerary as your conscious spiritual path.
 

P: And if my conscience does not permit me to bequeath the current state of my spiritual health, I know that hidden habituation may be restricting my growth and development!

MQ: Indeed. Let’s start with these two distinctions:

Conceptual-Free-Will: Conceptual-free-will first appeared when you became self-aware. It stabilized as you developed and matured. The range of options it offers to you is naturally constrained by the average level of consciousness in the culture from which it emerged. Though you use conceptual-free-will to survive and thrive in this world, it encases you in conditioned limitations, albeit as an accomplished member of that community. Conceptual-free-will offers no possibility of liberation.

Conscious-Free-Will: Conscious-free-will begins to unfold as you identify the ways in which conceptual-free-will has been restricting your spiritual development. As you uncover and let go of conditioning from the past, conscious-free-will enables you to access and unleash your full potential. It then stabilizes to the degree that you have transcended and included conceptual-free-will as an object in your awareness. By the consistent application of conscious-free-will, your volition and intentions allow you to manifest the awakened life. Conscious-free-will is the capacity to master your destiny for the sake of humanity.

P: So conscious-free-will is true free will, which exist beyond the scope of conditioned limits?

MQ: Exactly.

P: What do you mean by transcend and include?

MQ: Recall a series of thoughts, decisions, and responses you had to a situation in your teens. Perhaps it was with a sweetheart or a friend at that time. See how you can now view that entire dynamic as a single entity. It has become an ‘object’ in your awareness. To transcend is to let go of or go past. So in the case of this particular event, you have let go of your attachment to those teenage ways of being, but you have not entirely abandoned the tools you used or what you experienced and learned. In other words, you have included all those experiences in that object as part of your new perspective.

P: Thank you.

MQ: Cognitive discomfort often acts as an indication that you are allowing growth to occur. To be able to think clearly about your own experience is an essential aspect of your ability to free yourself from unnecessary misery and to develop yourself morally and ethically.



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