“Do you know, can you comprehend, what freedom it gives you if you have no choice? Do you know what it means to be able to choose so swiftly and surely that to all intents and purposes you have no choice? The choice that you make, your decision, is based on such positive knowledge that the second alternative may as well not exist.”
-- Rafael Lefort, “The Teachers of Gurdjieff”, ch. XIV
When you have a purpose, you must act to achieve it. If you do not, you did not have that purpose.
If you are driving a car, you are not free to do anything you like with the steering wheel. You must use it to direct the car along your intended route.
You are only faced with choosing when you do not know the right choice. When you do know, you no longer have that choice. You cannot make your choice and have it still.
-- Rafael Lefort, “The Teachers of Gurdjieff”, ch. XIV
Quoted before here.
When you have a purpose, you must act to achieve it. If you do not, you did not have that purpose.
If you are driving a car, you are not free to do anything you like with the steering wheel. You must use it to direct the car along your intended route.
You are only faced with choosing when you do not know the right choice. When you do know, you no longer have that choice. You cannot make your choice and have it still.