What under our control is illusion? Is all control an illusion, after all? I remember a line from "The Sunscreen Song" that went, "your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's". I remember thinking about that line, considering that it held much truth to it; what is it that makes us decide one thing and not another? Our free will — how much do we rely on an intuition that may be influenced more by lunchtime indigestion than logic? By whim more than careful deliberation? We like to think we are in control — it is a comforting thought to decide that our fates are more or less in our own hands — but what we choose I think we owe much to what is outside pressing in than our own inner voice calling out. Thus, perhaps we can better relate to another quote: "There, but for the grace of God, go I." We are verily at the mercy of circumstances beyond our control.
I think, though, that control is not wholly illusory. We are all given a certain context from which to decide, and that includes all the arguments we are presented with for either side of the coin. We are predisposed to some things, and not others, and maybe that is part of the context, too. But if we are to be held responsible for our actions, it can only be fair that we are responsible for making something of the context, of deciding yes, of deciding no, of etching in the stone of time a piece of our fingerprint. Control is never totally ours because the context always precedes us, but to us is given power to deny even the deepest of our own selves, and to formulate a new environment in which to consider choices — in ourselves and out in the world — and the choices we paint, even if the shading is imbued by the world, reflect who we are better than anything else.
anon.x
11:26am thursday, 6th march
i think that as you say, we all have control, to a certain extent. control is never wholly ours, as you say because of the context. therefore the context is controlled by others and we only have the choice as to which or how we are controlled.
but we always have a choice in what we do. everything comes with a choice. people say that death is the only choice we do not have, but for instance, you can choose to die with dignity and grace, or otherwise. we cannot control, but we always have a choice.
me?!
1:12pm thursday, 6th march
watch your tongue, some people rely only on the fact that they CAN control, if nothing else, that at least their own lives!!! People need to believe that,even if it is false..i mean, if we havent got control,than what do we have? Nothing...
me?!
1:19pm thursday, 6th march
sorry,its YOUR thoughts, and YOUR site...
just didnt like what you wrote today thats all...but i am sorry for the thoughtless message i posted,just saw red when you claimed what you did,but as it is you thoughts there is absolutely nothing i should get off at,my bad,ill restrain my feelings next time..
Keep sharp yall,peace out..
Lisa
4:14am saturday, 8th march
"CONTROL"...as "I" see it... We have control of what we do to our own bodies and we have control over what we put out into the world (meaning that we either see and give with acceptance and love, or with hate and judgement). Karma is karma and there is reason for everything that happens to us while we experience life on this earth. Our own reality is what we can control. Our own perceptions and how we choose to see and respond to the world around us is what gives us control.
Kimberley
6:23am monday, 10th march
Control is just an illusion. Choices are what we have control over. Maybe control is not a total illusion. I don't know.
anon.x
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