(10-03-2015, 10:32 AM)The_Tired_Philosopher Wrote: Is Free Will impossible to violate in regards to the 'One' Free Will? Can one violate one's own Free Will?
Well, you are going to hear a lot of different opinions on this.
In some cosmic sense, free will cannot be violated, because no one creates reality for you. You are creator, always have been, always will.
But the choices you make are dependent on your awareness of said choices. This is a function of your awareness level. This is the real factor which limits free will. When free will appears to have been violated, it is because one point of consciousness has captured the attention of another point of consciousness, and has become adept at convincing the other consciousness to focus on the reality the "infringer" wants to create. In a sense, you can think of one consciousness "eating" the consciousness of another because this only happens by reducing the consciousness of the other until they don't believe they have a choice anymore. They lose awareness of the choice.
So basically, you are so free you can choose bondage, paradoxically enough. Once you, through your choice of thoughts, have reduced your awareness to the point where your choices are small, it can take a long time for your awareness to become broad and robust again. Look at physical matter for example, it doesn't make a lot of choices. It is inert, for the most part. It is the symbolic manifestation of "unconsciousness". It isn't unconscious, but as close as consciousness can get. It's focus is very narrow.
Karma is the spiritual force that raises awareness, by showing you the alternate perspective to the one you explored. This allows for more free will in the long run. All distortions from the one are imbalances, and much like water always seeks its level, all consciousness is inevitably compelled to return to the still center point of the Absolute, by karma.