Why We Rarely Exercise Our Free Will

Humans are the only species in the universe with the ability to exercise free will. Tragically, though, we rarely exercise it.

Contrary to common belief, free will is not doing whatever we want to. It is just the opposite. And that is why it is so difficult to exercise it.

When Peter said “The Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak,” he was referring to the continuous struggle between our ego that wants to please our flesh, and our Spiritual conscience that knows what is wrong and what is right and wants to choose the truth by exercising our true free will.

Why is it that we do whatever it is that we do on a daily basis?

Whatever it is, it is either driven and/or conditioned intrinsically by our ego and DNA, and extrinsically by our environment.

We drink because our body tells us that it’s thirsty, or we eat because our body tells us that it’s hungry. What do we drink or eat? Whatever we crave for. What do we crave for? Nicotine? Alcohol? Or whatever our gut bacteria makes us crave for.

Why do we work? Because we need to have a roof over our head and food on our table, not to mention the “need” to keep up with the Joneses.

Consequently, we rarely exercise our free will.