Can I Use "Free Will" to Awaken? ~ Mooji

"First, you must find out if there is a person.... Once you take the idea you are a person, inevitably you will feel you are not awake... 'Person' means 'not awake'." (Mooji)

http://www.mooji.org (official website) and http://mooji.satsangs.net/ (a source website of Moojis video satsang teachings) also: http://www.youtube.com/moojiji and associated sites of Mooji's satsang dialogues

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[Sagittarius10000]

It seems to me that my free will encompasses on whether ego can achieve some outcomes it "conceives"...not totally control of outcomes. So Mooji's definition is not convincing for me. Now, whether that extends to "awakening" is another question. People can do psychological/soul level work, like "shadow work" on their minds, mindfulness practice, and dream work. Can we raise our vibration? Yes. But "getting to" someplace...awakening... that can't be defined in a concrete way defeats the mind.

[AwakeningBridge]

I love it when Mooji says "your discovery is your own", and I see this happening on this channel.

[wcuff1209]

Many spiritual teachers have been teaching these same principles for thousands of years.. yet the world has only gotten worse. There is more to being awake than realizing oneness. Life needs a practical solution that support all equally... see desteniproducitons and support Equal money for all

[AwakeningBridge]

I don't know how to respond to this because I see that Mooji often says "I am not here to teach, you must discover for yourself".. yet I also have made the mistake of calling Mooji a teacher. Don't you love it when someone asks him a quesiton and he says "Find out!". I'm guessing that says it all.

[Sagittarius10000]

@AwakeningBridge Actually, I think it unfair to him to project our expectations of perfection and all knowingness onto Mooji. He gives the best answers he can to questions which cannot, in truth, be answered with words. But I do like the compassion he demonstrates with each question put to him. He tries. And does pretty good.

[AwakeningBridge]

@Sagittarius10000

yes

[satsumamoon]

Hahaha! Mooji is such a clever little shit! I love him more every day. Thanks so much for the videos, now I don't have to die from lack of intelligent company xx

[Tickedyboo]

A straight video without music etc is better I think

[hailiegravitt]

Mooji has not gone beyone duality yet. Free will as opposed to what? Free will and destiny are two extremes of the same thing. Read Nisargatta.

[wcuff1209]

@earthlyradiodotcom to blame is to be-lame, Im afraid you are responsible and there is no escaping your reality... have fun

[earthlyradiodotcom]

@wcuff1209 Leave your socialist politics at the door please, and just listen. Ones that truly see are not the ones making the world worse.. trust me on this.

[GeorgeGogle]

Awesome. thanks! the question itself about the existence of free or unfree will is misconcepted one, because it approaches from the angle of the separate person, and this is already a stumbling stone.

[Silvertrine]

Its a tricky question hampered by the English language. Our language isnt very strong in concepts of love, free will, etc. There are not enough distinctions in the words too broad. This made Buddhist books very confusing for me personally and sent me in bad directions. The Dalai Lama's books are translated very well and quite precise I've found.

[wcuff1209]

@Xazened - Opinions are useless as is wisdom. I dont care what you think in your imaginary dream world. Clearly you cannot see the suffering that is happening in the physical reality. Dreamers are spiteful, not aware of the physical, thus they are spited by the physical and diminish because they are not real.

[Xazened]

@wcuff1209 I don't think the world needs anything.