Vantage Points
An argument can be made that god and reality are one and the same. Both show up everywhere.
God and reality share another thing in common – Vantage points. The Grasshopper shared this yesterday: “God’s vantage point is all vantage points.” Let me give you an example.
Pretend you are on the rooftop of a 15 story building which is situated on the corner of a major intersection. As you look down from the corner position you see a car on each street speeding towards the intersection and you deduce that neither is going to stop. You can see that an accident is about to happen. You have a vantage point that’s not available to either driver. In this limited scenario, you have all vantage points and are godlike. But suddenly, something tells you to throw a trash can off the roof into the path of one of the oncoming cars. This causes the driver to slam on his brakes and, unbeknowns to him, prevents a major collision.
Not only did you have a reality/godlike vantage point but you had free will as well. Free will allows us to intervene. Think of it as god whispering to us and giving us a heads-up as to what we can do. We are the instruments of change. We can change potential reality before it becomes real.
My point isn’t theological; it’s a reminder to all of us to use our free will and move off our point and explore another’s point of view before we condone, condemn, or counteract it. It’s sticking with our one vantage point that allows accidents to happen.
Which animal would you like to be like, a lion, an elephant or a bear? How quickly did you answer? Did you take time to consider all the choices or did you preferentially select one? If you didn’t consider all the options (vantage points), you are not using your free will, but rather your conditioned will.
If you continually act out of conditioning, you are at the mercy of reality. Free will expands your options, but you have to use it to gain additional vantage points.
Free will isn’t free. You have to “pay” attention that you’re about to offer a conditioned reaction and use your free will to choose a different response.
Think of it this way: Using free will turns vantage points into advantage points.
All the best,
John
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