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Ep. 151 – No Self, No Problem w/ Ram Dass

Insight Hour with Joseph Goldstein

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Is Everything Constrained by Past Causes?

I like the word conditioned rather than determined because if everything is predetermined, then it just feels like there's really no possibility of awakening in that. So I think it's possible to understand that things are conditioned by various forces and that different conditioning leads to different results. But well, forget the word free. If I decide to do something, it was free will. But decide to dosomething and it wasn't...it may be determined. Well, or not.

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