[mikefertynnz]

"that really all depends. people don't "choose" to be mugged, when walking down the street, or choose to have a piano fall on their head, because of clumsy movers. to say that they did choose this, is to say there is actually no crime in the world, and no accidents."

that's right mmariebored, there are no accidents. and no, our teeny egoic aspects of higher self that are able to portray themselves down here in 3d didn't get up in the morning and say "i think i'll get slammed with a piano today!" but all that is, is, has been, and will be already. any of us may choose whatever we want down here. won't stop the piano falling. and it won't stop "crime" because to stop that would be to interfere with free will, which you can't anyway.

there are no accidents, no crime, just all the wonderful catalyst for learning provided by the holographic illusion of criminals and accidents. so the feeling of it remains as real to us. the piano will hurt. muggings suck. but it is what we have chosen to do down here, before passing through the veil and forgetting as we enter incarnation.

and thus the veil of forgetting. if you knew it was you day to get smashed by a piano for your soul's evolution, would your ego let you, or might you try to avoid it? do you think you could have free will over your own free will? can we just choose to skip lessons?

how quick would we learn that way? this is graduate school down here, no punches pulled. bring on the pianos!