E190: The Seat of Consciousness—Freedom Beyond the Ego

People say you don't have free will.

They say it with reason.

They say it because they understand that you are the sum of your learned experiences.

Therefore, it's almost like habit.

It's like a reaction.

You just...

Do you have free will? Well, no, because your sex drives are driving you, because your fear is driving you, and they say that's not free will.

Fair enough, because you do have drives, all kind.

Not just physiological, psychological.

The things that make you act.

So they're saying that you don't really have free will.

It's not true.

The truth of the matter is, if you really didn't want to give into anger, you could not give into anger.

You've done it.

You've been in situations where you're just, ugh, you're boiling with jealousy or with fear or anxiety, and it's not proper to express it in that environment, and you hold it together, don't you? Yes or no? You've never held it together.

You used will, didn't you? You're in there, and you're in charge.

You don't act it, do you? You don't always take it, but you are in charge.

In fact, let's get right down to it.

You're the only one in there.

Mommy's not in there.

Daddy's not in there.

The snake's not in there.

The frog's not in there.

You're in there.

Oh, I, I should have started by asking, are you in there? How do you know? Don't even bother answering.