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How do you distinguish God “inserting” thoughts into your head from those occurring from the random firing of neurons? If God “inserts” thoughts into your head He is interfering with your free will.
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You may not know for a long time.
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LundyLund
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Your question is a fair one.How do you distinguish God “inserting” thoughts into your head from those occurring from the random firing of neurons?
God would interfere with free will only if the person did not have a choice to follow through on the thought. We always have a choice.If God “inserts” thoughts into your head He is interfering with your free will.
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Wisdom is needed to apply knowledge in right order to avoid harm and pursue the chief good, that is holiness. Understanding penetrates the order we use to know, and grasps what is hidden:
“Wherefore I wished (Christian Hope), and understanding was given me: and I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came upon me: And I preferred her before kingdoms and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her. Neither did I compare unto her any precious stone: for all gold in comparison of her, is as a little sand, and silver in respect to her shall be counted as clay.I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for her light cannot be put out.Now all good things came to me together with her, and innumerable riches through her hands,” (Wis 7:7-11, vulg.)
Wisdom is not given to every plea. “You ask, and receive not; because you ask amiss: that you may consume it on your concupiscences.” (Jas 4:3) We have to be persuaded into God’s order for our lives, that is working in his name, or finding our good in His will. Shaped by the journey we ought to grow in humility and simplicity. And at God’s judgment, those events that occur while we still live, we are given to understand and be wise when we separate from toil and enter contemplation. "Gregory says (Hom. xiv in Ezech.) that it belongs to the contemplative life, “to rest from external action.’” (STh II-II, q. 180, a. 1, Obj. 3) The gift of understanding is practical, and not speculative to our lives: “a good understanding to all that do it.” ( Ps 110 [111]:10, vulg.; cf. Summa Theologica, II-II, q. 8, a. 3, sc.)
“Wherefore I wished (Christian Hope), and understanding was given me: and I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came upon me: And I preferred her before kingdoms and thrones, and esteemed riches nothing in comparison of her. Neither did I compare unto her any precious stone: for all gold in comparison of her, is as a little sand, and silver in respect to her shall be counted as clay.I loved her above health and beauty, and chose to have her instead of light: for her light cannot be put out.Now all good things came to me together with her, and innumerable riches through her hands,” (Wis 7:7-11, vulg.)
Wisdom is not given to every plea. “You ask, and receive not; because you ask amiss: that you may consume it on your concupiscences.” (Jas 4:3) We have to be persuaded into God’s order for our lives, that is working in his name, or finding our good in His will. Shaped by the journey we ought to grow in humility and simplicity. And at God’s judgment, those events that occur while we still live, we are given to understand and be wise when we separate from toil and enter contemplation. "Gregory says (Hom. xiv in Ezech.) that it belongs to the contemplative life, “to rest from external action.’” (STh II-II, q. 180, a. 1, Obj. 3) The gift of understanding is practical, and not speculative to our lives: “a good understanding to all that do it.” ( Ps 110 [111]:10, vulg.; cf. Summa Theologica, II-II, q. 8, a. 3, sc.)
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Jesus offers, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.” (Lk 9:23) “Wisdom is the Cross and the Cross is Wisdom” (St. Louis de Montfort, The Love of Eternal Wisdom, 180)
“Chrysostom says:'If one were giving out gold or handling over a treasure, that person would not be inviting with violence. Rather people would run. How much more to those things which are in heaven! For if the nature of things persuades, run for them. If you do not run, you are not worthy to receive what is offered.” So he says: deny himself, through every kind of humility, bringing sense, affection and thought ‘into the captivity to the obedience of Christ.’ (2 Cor 10:5)…himself, And this is the counsel of Sir 7:19 “Humble your spirit very much”…and take up his cross daily, through continuous austerity (cf. Gal 2:19, 2 Cor 4:10, Gal 5:24)…Daily, because daily the penitence of the cross must be new and fresh… I said now i have begun (Ps 76:11)…but for perfect imitation of Christ it is not sufficient to have humiliy and austerity. For poverty is also necessary." (S. Bonaventure, Com on Lk 9:23)
“Chrysostom says:'If one were giving out gold or handling over a treasure, that person would not be inviting with violence. Rather people would run. How much more to those things which are in heaven! For if the nature of things persuades, run for them. If you do not run, you are not worthy to receive what is offered.” So he says: deny himself, through every kind of humility, bringing sense, affection and thought ‘into the captivity to the obedience of Christ.’ (2 Cor 10:5)…himself, And this is the counsel of Sir 7:19 “Humble your spirit very much”…and take up his cross daily, through continuous austerity (cf. Gal 2:19, 2 Cor 4:10, Gal 5:24)…Daily, because daily the penitence of the cross must be new and fresh… I said now i have begun (Ps 76:11)…but for perfect imitation of Christ it is not sufficient to have humiliy and austerity. For poverty is also necessary." (S. Bonaventure, Com on Lk 9:23)
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