FORTUNE TELLING

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(by Lyn Shea)

Fortune telling is a very old concept. But this idea of the future being out there somewhere and fully complete for us to walk into, like a film set, needs some modification. Metaphysics teaches that the future is not set. It is a moveable feast. It is ever present in potential. Actions taken in the moment are deciding the future and therefore fortune telling is based on the correct understanding of two things: what is really happening in the present and the possible effects of this on life ahead. When viewed in this way fortune telling is more to do with influencing the present than with pulling a random set of circumstances from some distant hazy landscape.

Nevertheless the power of fortune telling is very considerable. Its possible to talk of the future and to auto-suggest (plant a seed or an idea which then becomes reality). Some peoples' lives are completely altered by what they are told during fortune telling, by fortune tellers in general. They believe so strongly in what has been said that they see no room for alteration, modification or deviation from the pronouncements made.

The arguments about fate versus free will have been raging since ancient days. Its is not a question easily answered. If you receive fortune telling which is highly detailed in describing things which then come to pass you are more than likely to subscribe to the theory of fate. But if you are given options and choices for future dates (as in astrological readings) you will not know whether what you chose was fated or simply a product of your free will. Perhaps the answer is in both! Your fate is within your capacity to use your free will.

For example if a fortune teller divines that you will move abroad to open up a hotel, you may feel that this is what you are likely to do and moreover what you wish to do. But you could by sheer obstinacy of will go all out to prove both fortune telling and the theory of fate wrong by staying at home and starting a green grocery business instead. That is your free choice inspired by your free will. Neither of which would exist in a world where fate was the only absolute denominator. Unless of course the existence of free will is in itself an illusion.

Fortune telling relies heavily on the past and future being distinctly separate. But the best way to know the future is to understand the past. Because unless history is understood, both collectively and individually, it becomes the future. Things happen because they can happen, not necessarily because they are meant to happen. If things are always meant to happen then fortune telling is definitely an acceptable premise. But this is not the case and therefore fortune telling is at best a spurious way of making sense of possibility. As human beings we derive comfort from knowing where we are going and from reaching out to some hypothetical point in the distance which we prefer to call a future. Maybe its best to remember that by the time the future arrives its the moment. Therefore all we have is a series of moments. And once again we are back to the need for understanding the moment.

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