Which is right?

Some need and want to believe in free will, but that does not make the theory of free will irrevocably rational or coherent.

Others may need or want to believe in divine authority or pre-determinism, and again this does not make the theory irrevocably rational or coherent.

They are theories which serve a purpose and equally have their limitations.

So, which is true?

This question is only valid if you're caught in the duality of either / or. And if you're caught in the duality of either / or, you're trapped -- And the idea of discovering or proving 'which is true' is not going to bring the freedom you desire, but only more deeply ensnare you in the very duality you're experiencing as stuck and frustrating.

The way to greater freedom [which we experience as a deep inner relaxation], and which forms a new basis for the development of further intelligence, is to become free from the question, 'which is right', itself.

And trying to drop the question altogether is just another form of suppression and violence.

Simply put -- We believe the way to escape the stress created through the recognition of opposing positions lies in knowing which is right and which is wrong. But this inadvertently ends up getting us more stuck, frustrated and stressed.

The way out is obvious, but contra-rational.

Whatever your belief, inhabit its opposite as fully as you inhabit the belief you need and want itself. In-so-doing you transcend the limitations of either / or, and you find yourself free. Free to create a new more intelligent theory with a new assumptive base.

One that says, there is no such thing as free will and yet there is -- Simplicity lies on the other side of complexity, not in the denial of it.

And in time the opposite of that will emerge, and the process begins again.