Do we Have Freewill?
YES
The Entire Universe is governed by Impeccable Physical Laws like Gravity, Magnetism, Density and so on. Take any Physical Object. It will be governed by appropriate Infallible Laws. How about Thoughts and Actions? Is there no Laws Governing them? Logic says, it Can’t be so. Karma and Freewill are the Two Laws operating on Thoughts and Actions. Who decides your Karma? YOU ONLY. We are the Director, Script Writer and Actor of our Karma. So, we only have the Power to rewrite our Episode using our Freewill. Vedanta considers Karma as 1) Sanchita Karma – Total Load of Karma 2) Prarabdha Karma – That we are executing at this Life Time 3) Agami Karma – That we are performing now out of our Freewill. Agami Karma is not Exactly Freewill as the Sanchita and Prarabdha Karma have a big say on it. It looks as though our Freewill is Limited Freewill only. There are overriding factors for all Rules like ‘The Decision of the Competent Authority is Final’ in our Official System. We can submit our Freewill, but subject to sanction of the Competent Authority, Divine Will, called Law of Grace. God’s Grace can only permit our Freewill. After all a King should be above the Law he has created.