Phillip

Our soul is suppose to represent perfection, so why does she choose such an ugly body to live in.Fact: You've made choices you're not taking responsibility for. In particular, you're blaming something outside of yourself, either other people or your situation, for the things that are making you angry. The solution to that is to first restrain yourself from "acting out" your anger, and then confront the explanations that you give yourself for how you are a victim. The goal is to come to the realization, by examining your own life, that *you* are responsible for the way things have gone up until now, and that it is up to you to shape the future if anything different will occur. . . . . . . . Another thought; Romantic & erotic arousal are not acts of will. A man does not have an erection because he wills himself to become tumescent -- even though he can "seduce" his own arousal by guided fantasy. Similarly, loving another person is not an act of will -- we cannot command our hearts to love someone. Love feels more closely associated with self than with will. If the will and the self are regarded as distinct entities then the question of"free self" may be more relevant than "free will". But even if self is distinguished from will, this distinction does not affect the issues at stake in the freewill/determinism question because both can be regarded as control centers created by external causes.