47. The Ultimate Proof of Free Will

Enlightenment with Rishi Atma Bodha

Choices themselves are a limitation. Meditation is proof of free will. If we are merely the byproduct of our environment, there would be no reason to do it. It is the anti-choice. The moment we choose anything external, we have limited ourselves to that choice, however momentary it may be. Choices trade our limitlessness with a limitation. When you are truly liberated, you are free from choices because you are continuously experiencing the transcendence of choice. This is the reason that the illusion of free will exists; it gives you the chance to eventually choose the best, often after your other choices are exhausted.

Even if your choices led you to emptiness and despair, nothing can take away from you the choice to experience your limitlessness. The last place most people will ever focus is within. Consequently, doing so is an act of defiance against the conformity of determinism. For this reason, self-determinism is the antithesis of determinism. Focus on Self is the Ultimate proof of free will.

The choice to quit smoking is a great example of free will. Why do people do this? They are choosing limitlessness over the physical addiction that gives them the illusion of satisfaction. This discomfort to go against the protestations of your body that screams for this fix of pleasure is widely regarded as common sense now. Why is it logical to quit? It's because science proves that nonsmokers are healthier and live longer. In other words, smoking limits you. In the same way, only an inward focus, free from external desires, is the least limiting choice. This choice of non-choice is the ultimate expression of free will.