hi edwardjs, here's a quick analogy that might clear things up. concider every entety continuously constructing their path as they go, one stone at a time if you will. we as humans feel the urge to help others build their path. this is where free will gets thrown into a grey area. if an entety places a stone in someone elses path, when that entety reaches the end of the journey he/she has an obligation to return to that particular stone, remove it and replace it with their own. so preventing an entety from placing their own stone is an infrigement upon free will, and also has a karmic effect. what we are encouraged to do instead is put up sign posts along the path giving them free will to observe it. planting seeds in other words. it is important to forget about the seeds that we plant, for example we should'nt check up on others to see if they looked at our signs. their may be instances where an entety despretly needs our help and asks us to place a stone on their path, it is our responsibility at this point to make it clear to them that they will, at some point, need to return to replace the stone, perhaps at a later time when sufficient energy is replenished. this would clear the helper of any karmic reaction and would preserve free will.........................sylvain..................