THE OBSTACLE TO FREE WILL

         We often talk of  Free Will and say that we have free will and we should use it . All our legal system and ethical thought process is based on Free Will .I have free will to drive within speed limit . I have a free will to not steal . I have free will to not beat someone. If I don't us it then I am liable for my Actions and then the punishment that follows . This is legal. The same hold true of ethical issues. I am suppose to tell truth . I am suppose to not cheat and so on . The Law of Karma , is based on free will and every action has reaction. So in spite of that , we see people that do not act in right directions. So what is the reason behind it - why do people do  not DO RIGHT THING ?

     We often see diabetic person , who eats too many sweets and then gets elevated blood sugar . or person with hypertension eating too much salt . The obese person not doing exercise of diet control. My answer is that we all are guided by our PREVIOUS KARAMAS and the impression that they have created . I have often used term 'the circle of mind'. When we do an action , that leaves impression and that impression leads to a desire and that desire leads to new action. I see a pizza and i eat it - the action. My action leads to impression, I like it or I hate it . This impression leads to desire - I either want to eat it -if I like it or I want to avoid eating it if I hate it . This desire will lead to an action or either eating it or avoiding it . If I eat it , I have again impression and that leads to desire and so on. This is circle of mind. The problem is that these impressions are not only from present life , but are from many previous lives and actions that we have done in past lives. So these guide us in our present life. In spite of KNOWING right action and having a Free Will to do the right action, my previous impressions lead to my new action being NOT RIGHT. This is the main opposing force. So we have free will and we can and should act in right way , but our karmic impressions tell us to other way and do wrong things - eating sweets or not exercising or eating too much or drinking alcohol etc. Not all of us have enough FREE WILL to counteract these forces . If we all did , then we all will be slim and trim and follow the laws.