This is beautifully put — I think often about the interplay between choice and “karma” (in reference to fhe interdependent lines of cause and effect, rather than the personalized caricature of karma).

If everything is part of an energetic whole, and our consciousness too is a part of it, then every instance of being is simultaneously chosen and determined/dependent on the prior moment, with no paradox. Panentheism in philosophy, unified field theory in physics, “it’s/we’re all one” in meditation (and psychedelics)… the duality is complete, and the paradoxical views are consistent with one another (a paradox within itself), and it’s an absolutely beautiful thing to contemplate.

Thanks for your reply; thanks for being here 🫂