The Appearance of an Illusion

Some of us are pretty much aware (at some point in our brief life) that our cycle of life is birth – living – death, and that within that cycle, that there is no FREE WILL on either side of life, unless one decides to takes one's life away via suicide but even that action may not actually be within their purview to decide. 

And, the choices that we seem to make on our own, may not be free will choices at all but reactions to stimuli that had been initiated to us by something (or someone) that we do not understand.

So, why am I even thinking like this because we all know from the getgo that we have FREE WILL?

Outside of what has already been stated about birth/death being outside of our FREE WILL, think about Judas from the Bible and the fact that he betrayed Jesus which consequently caused Jesus to be crucified...

Well, let's take Jesus first... did he have FREE WILL? If Jesus did have FREE WILL was it his decision to become crucified or His Father's decision? Jesus did ask His Father (in the garden) if He had to drink from this cup... and, we all know the unspoken answer to that question.

And, then there is Judas and he had FREE WILL as well to decide if he should betray or not... right? And, he decided to betray... right? But, what if he used his FREE WILL and decided not to betray, then would there not have been another Judas type individual solicited by our Father since the crucifixion had to have happened as it did?

We know either first hand or have read or heard stories about those great warriors who fought so valiantly in the face of battle defying the odds of life over and over and over again, but, what if they knew and simply firmly believed that when their time came, it came but until then they might as well take advantage of all situations.

And, was it really them who thought this or did some unseen force instill this thought inside them? And, what difference does it make... which one of these 2 things happened anyway?

Our world is in a universe that had to have a beginning and consequently must have an ending which could, in fact, simply be a joining of the two in what has become known as singularity. But, maybe not... I mean, no one really knows... unless it is OUR FATHER... But, the interesting point here is the fact that if this is true, then, it is also true that OUR FATHER knows what we are going to do before we do it... or, knows when we are going to die before death takes us...

I would also suspect that OUR FATHER knows also when we are going to be born before we know that as well... would you not suspect as well?

So, why is this so important... this awareness of FREE WILL and whether we have it or not? Because... and, simply because there are so many damn people who claim that they have FREE WILL without fully understanding the complications and implications from that belief or the logical pitfalls when one thinks like that... some of which have been described above.

When thinking about this so called FREE WILL, one must also try to see the big picture as well rather than then smaller, more individual parts onto which most people cling to justify their existence and importance. In order to have certain events take place the way they need to take place, events have to be set into motion to make this happen, sometimes hundreds maybe thousand of years in the past. One case in point is the connection between Mother Mary (the mother of Jesus) and her link to Noah and his family being the only ones saved from the Great Flood.

An illusion is a distortion of the senses, revealing how the brain normally organizes and interprets sensory stimulation. Though illusions distort reality, they are generally shared by most people. Illusions may occur with any of the human senses, but visual illusions (optical illusions), are the most well-known and understood.


The emphasis on visual illusions occurs because vision often dominates the other senses.


For example, individuals watching a ventriloquist will perceive the voice is coming from the dummy since they are able to see the dummy mouth the words. Some illusions are based on general assumptions the brain makes during perception.


These assumptions are made using organizational principles (e.g., Gestalt theory), an individual's capacity for depth perception and motion perception, and perceptual constancy.Other illusions occur because of biological sensory structures within the human body or conditions outside of the body within one’s physical environment.


The term illusion refers to a specific form of sensory distortion. Unlike a hallucination, which is a distortion in the absence of a stimulus, an illusion describes a misinterpretation of a true sensation.


For example, hearing voices regardless of the environment would be a hallucination, whereas hearing voices in the sound of running water (or other auditory source) would be an illusion.


Mimes are known for a repertoire of illusions that are created by physical means. The mime artist creates an illusion of acting upon or being acted upon by an unseen object. These illusions exploit the audience's assumptions about the physical world.  Well-known examples include "walls", "climbing stairs", "leaning", "descending ladders", and "pulling and pushing"

So... is life an illusion or simply the appearance of an illusion? And, could it be that allowing human beings to perceive that they have FREE WILL is nothing more than giving us the appearance that life is illusion, since neither birth nor death is within our span of control... and, it would seem like to me, at least, that living life is incredibly minor when compared to birth and death.

And, if one believes this, then the devil (or evil) is nothing more than exercising the appearance of the illusion that we have FREE WILL... consequently, if you do not exercise FREE WILL, then there is no devil (or evil) and life on earth becomes as it was intended from the getgo... however, we all know that this will never happen... and, the appearance of an illusion will always continue to be our only way of life... even on this EASTER SUNDAY...