tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post550214764641503304..comments2024-03-26T08:01:01.445-04:00Comments on 78 Notes to Self: A Tarot Journal: Free Will or Fate?Ginny Claytonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-56119526492257410602012-09-19T07:53:26.932-04:002012-09-19T07:53:26.932-04:00Thanks for giving us this wonderful vision about a...Thanks for giving us this wonderful vision about a topic like this one.voyance purehttp://www.voyance-conseil.eunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-82523592525104849802012-05-25T10:53:05.838-04:002012-05-25T10:53:05.838-04:00really impressive post. thanks.really impressive post. thanks.Astrologyhttp://www.jojopig.com/astrology.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-41531124680293378032012-05-24T18:37:54.299-04:002012-05-24T18:37:54.299-04:00So you snuck a link in there, Yuri. It's ok, ...So you snuck a link in there, Yuri. It's ok, I won't delete your comment like I usually do when someone spams their link here, because you actually added substance to the convo. Thanks. (That link better not be malicious.)Ginny Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-45333167925781207312012-05-24T02:55:40.705-04:002012-05-24T02:55:40.705-04:00I agree. There is no such thing as absolute determ...I agree. There is no such thing as absolute determinism. The train has a specific destination, but it's up to you whether you'll ride or not. That's free will at work. :) The predictions generated through <a href="http://www.psychicguild.com/tarot_reading_free.php" rel="nofollow">tarot card reading</a> only provide an overview of our life path but never an absolute prediction that's bound to happen no matter what. Cheers. :)Yuri Romanovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14458209446598098719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-74809340005215463162012-05-23T18:26:39.903-04:002012-05-23T18:26:39.903-04:00Hey Hobby Bard, I wish you the best. Courage! An...Hey Hobby Bard, I wish you the best. Courage! And watch out for men in hats. ;)Ginny Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-50785602549031120422012-05-23T08:44:38.192-04:002012-05-23T08:44:38.192-04:00Thank you Ginny. I'm at a point in my life wh...Thank you Ginny. I'm at a point in my life where I'm about to make a dash off the beaten path I thought I'd follow. I needed to hear this post.Hobby Bardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18392347261708034717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-43398882940666841932012-05-22T19:00:35.632-04:002012-05-22T19:00:35.632-04:00Such great comments! Andre, I agree that we have ...Such great comments! Andre, I agree that we have yet to delve the depths of the human brain and its capacities. The way each individual picks and chooses from the various experiences may be determined by our biology, but there are times when, as you said, predicting someone's behavior is nigh impossible. Just when you think you have someone figured out...LOL.<br /><br />Momma Bear, oh yes. Your story, similar to mine in some ways, is why I found this film so personal and interesting. Those crucial moments we take a strong turn and go in a completely different direction, off the path we were on, provoked by an irresistible pull feel SO "destined." And yet, they could be the very times we are breaking from our "destiny" in order to exercise our free will to create our OWN destiny. We fight for it. I never really saw it that way and I find that idea very interesting. <br /><br />Katrina, your feedback is always so very interesting and valuable. I am certain more people would feel "free" to make choices that diverge from "the plan" if they weren't so very afraid. Developing courage, the virtue of Strength, is so essential to being free.Ginny Claytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03759784851970527096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-9257679776198721732012-05-22T16:11:00.284-04:002012-05-22T16:11:00.284-04:00Fascinating topic, Ginny!
This exploration remind...Fascinating topic, Ginny!<br /><br />This exploration reminds me of a documentary study of twins focused on if or how they are psychically connected. The most extreme example I remember was a pair of twins who were separated at birth and found each other in their adult life. Even after growing up with different families (nurture), they had made many of the same choices in life (nature?). One theory is that our bodies (DNA) are hardwired to develop in such a way as to create prescribed pathways, especially our brains. This could be the “hand we are dealt.”<br /><br />In my work as a counselor, not only am I constantly uncovering the “nurture” part of a person’s psyche that inspires their thoughts and behaviors, based on environmental influences and programming, but I am fascinated with the power of their intelligent design, as you will, the soul or universal purpose that is in their cells. It is that “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?” (Marianne Willamson “A Return to Love”)<br /><br />Breaking out of the conforms of societal or collective norm to evolve into our greatest potential, beyond fear, is our greatest gift to the world. Rather than focus on dualities such as light and dark, I prefer the experience of love, enlivenment, connection with all. When we cut ourselves off from this connection, we spin into shades of fear and are then easily manipulated.<br /><br />If I were to oversimplify my take on this film, it is to stay focused on what we love, and to have the courage to face our fears to the point where they no longer have power over us.<br /><br />In Light & Love,<br />KatrinaKatrina Whttp://tarotcounseling.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30754098.post-84307591977952324602012-05-22T11:45:46.851-04:002012-05-22T11:45:46.851-04:00was it free will or determinism, that made me fed ...was it free will or determinism, that made me fed up enough to divorce my husband of almost 20 years and move 2010 miles away to start a new life, with my H.S. sweetheart who, BTW I hadn't seen in 28 years?<br />there were a lot of spooky "adjustments" that had to be made for us to even have met again, let alone the rest of it.<br />like nurture vs nature they work in tandem. those that think things can be examined or exist in a vacuum are foolish to do so. vacuums are human constructs as are a great many other things. one has to live life to experience it and one has, ultimately, to make their own decisions, even no decision IS a decision.<br />so to those who would take the "easy" no waves path I say, we're all screwed anyway, take the plunge!<br />what's the worst that can happen?<br />you have an interesting story to tell, in your dotage. ;)Momma Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215840942640904965noreply@blogger.com