Free Will and Consequence

Free Will is the superpower that lets you choose left or right, yes or no. Without it, we would just be robots doing exactly what we were told. But the catch is that every choice we make has a consequence, like a ripple in a pond. In the story of the Garden, people chose to try something new, and that choice changed everything forever. Even though it led to hard times, it also meant that people could finally choose to love and be brave on their own. Our choices are what make us us.

Hold two colors in your mind and choose one. Notice how the other disappears as soon as you decide. That is free will. That is the cost. That is the gift. Every choice kills one world and creates another.

Free Will is the Felix Culpa (Happy Fall). Without capacity to choose evil, choosing Good would be meaningless. Milton: God made man 'Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall.' Consequence binds the Everlasting We to cause and effect. Life becomes a moral laboratory: every action a vote for the kind of world we wish to inhabit. The Lost Paradise serves as benchmark for what we re-create through collective choices.

SOUND: The thud of a heavy door closing behind you.

SMELL: The smell of matches right after they are struck: ignition.

TASTE: A sour apple that makes your mouth pucker.

TOUCH: Heat from a candle flame felt from an inch away: close but not burned.

SIGHT: A fork in the road where both paths look equally long.

BODY: Balance while walking across a narrow log: every step is a choice.

Music: Where Are You Going by Dave Matthews Band

Music: Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses

Part of The Garden & Paradise Lost — MYTHOLOGY — Education Revelation