Do You Have Free Will in This Life?

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In old days, astrology didn’t acknowledge any free will. I think now astrology is as fatalistic as it always was, but there seems to be some degree of freedom for those who are spiritually awake.

For example, for the unaware ones, astrological symbols manifest very physically. Someone can hurt them, they can fall down, and so forth. For those who are spiritually aware, often these negative symbols manifest as the confusion of the mind, unpleasant people, or a sudden emotion of anger.

I always try to grasp the awareness level of a client to interpret accordingly. Yet, even this doesn’t prove that this wasn’t actually already arranged.

Nisargadatta Maharaj on free will

Awakened people such as Nisargadatta Maharaj didn’t believe in free will. Maharaj told that the body would do what it’s supposed to do, and the only freedom that we have is to stay detached from it.

Here is a typical conversation he had with the people who came to learn from him:

Q: Surely, I am not the master of what happens. Its slave rather.
Maharaj: Be neither master, nor slave. Stand aloof.
Q: Does it imply avoidance of action?
M: You cannot avoid action. It happens, like everything else.
Q: My actions, surely, I can control.
M: Try. You will soon see that you do…