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Forgive me if this is a bit speculative. I am dissatisfied with the premise upon which our understanding of reality is built.
Potential is often viewed as an ethereal concept, possibilities that may be realized in the future. It is the fusion of chance and will over time.
Or is chance an illusion created by a complex intersection of conflicting wills? If we paint a picture of it, reality as we know it is as the observed result of overlapping fields of asserted will.
Applying this, we are as boats on a turbulent ocean heading in whatever direction we believe is best. Our parents may direct us one way, to be successful. We may decide we want to go another direction. The collective will of society for maintaining status quo will have its own imposed path. Malevolent forces push us another way.
But what about God? If we surrender to his will I am confident he will chart a course for our life that takes us where we need to be, interacting with others to also be of benefit to them. And in the end reality will be as he invisioned, despite all the opposing wills.
Potential is often viewed as an ethereal concept, possibilities that may be realized in the future. It is the fusion of chance and will over time.
Or is chance an illusion created by a complex intersection of conflicting wills? If we paint a picture of it, reality as we know it is as the observed result of overlapping fields of asserted will.
Applying this, we are as boats on a turbulent ocean heading in whatever direction we believe is best. Our parents may direct us one way, to be successful. We may decide we want to go another direction. The collective will of society for maintaining status quo will have its own imposed path. Malevolent forces push us another way.
But what about God? If we surrender to his will I am confident he will chart a course for our life that takes us where we need to be, interacting with others to also be of benefit to them. And in the end reality will be as he invisioned, despite all the opposing wills.
