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True, except that if it were that important, I imagine an Infinite I would create numerous experiences to give the Player lots of opportunities to change its mind. So I don't think in terms of a Player losing out on some "grand outcome" because of a single decision made early on. I think we get multiple chances to make a different choice of YES!
Dear Thuy,
The OUTCOME is always a result of how we choose to react/respond to our experience. If an Infinite I could control the outcome, we as Players would be meaningless. Once again, the Infinite I creates the experience, and when that experience stops, the Player has free will to choose its reaction/response. (As I have said before, the point at which the experience stops and the Player's free will kicks in can vary widely from experience to experience.)
But is the OUTCOME a result of the "combination" of the "hand you're dealt and the way you play it"? In poker, you can be dealt a lousy hand and still win because of the way you decide to play it. Conversely, you can be dealt a winning hand (they call it "the nuts") and still lose because of the way you decide to play it. I know that for a fact because I've done just that.
So I say, NO, the OUTCOME is the result of the Player's choice of reactions/responses.
Of all the things I've written about in Butterflies, this is one that I feel very certain about, along with 1) a Player does not choose or create its own experiences, 2) letting go of our beliefs, opinions, judgments and fears - and eventually the ego - is the "secret" to peace of mind and real happiness, 3) the greatest lie all religions have told us is that there is an "afterlife" (as a solution to our deep-seated fear of non-existence), when in fact, it's only here and now that counts, after which there is likely nothing.
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WashingtonIsn't it the way we perceive things
that makes them what they will be?
(Lyric from "Moon Rider" by Up With People
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfbHOOiNOUI)
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WashingtonDear Tom,
I was with you all the way until you named me and Jesus in the same sentence.
But I especially liked the part about "releas[ing] my grasp on my own limited understanding for what is in my best interest so that blessings may readily flow into my life." You'd think we'd all know what is in our best interest most of the time, but I'm constantly amazed at how often I don't. It's especially difficult for me to grok how my recent physical disabilities are in my best interest, and yet I know they must be and I'm just unable to see it in the present time. Sometimes I have to remind myself over and over that this isn't real, it's a simulation in which I'm playing a part, even if I don't consciously understand why that part was written as it was and how it fits into the overall plot.
So I appreciate your reminder as well, that "I'll be grateful for the opportunities which never could have come my way without this."
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IRANHello Nari
Well, what I see right off the bat is, how impossible it would be for something to change, given you’ve already made up your mind about what free will is and how it works.
Until you begin running spiritual autolysis on those preconceptions about “free will” though, you're pretty much stuck with what that belief offers in terms of options. Apparently, a belief that has a lot to do with the meaning of life for you.
After I let go of the first half of the human game, the meaning of my life, for many years, was simply to run the process on whatever fear came up in my day-to-day activities. It was a very exciting time. It felt to me like free will to react to that specific experience in just such a manner by leaving the theater. It felt critically meaningful to me at the time, letting go of all my confusion, pain, and suffering.
Sincerely,
Randall
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IRANSorry, I can't help with that. Something for Stephen to address when he returns.
Thanks for your interest.
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VAHello John
Randall here. Stephen is away temporarily and has asked that I manage the guestbook during his brief absence. I’m sure upon his return he will browse through the comments to see what grabs his attention. In the meantime allow me to respond…………..
The purpose of the hologram is to create a player environment. NDE's and the spirit world and dream interpretation figure right in there quite well during the first half of the game; while one rigidly follows the rules for the First Part of the Human Game trying to theoretically connect the supposed dots that claim to give us answers regarding the unknowable. In the second half, they don't really fit, in the sense there's anything serious to consider with regards to the truth. That's just more stuff that requires a faith-based approach that leads a person into more limitations. But who knows right, maybe someday we'll have a scientific method that can really probe for some hard evidence like in the movie "The Discovery" starring Robert Redford. Below is a link to the movie trailer on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/z9j6WcdU-ts
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