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The revelation is not a result of cognitive insight leading one onto a realization but occurs through a forced and often sudden change in perspective. This creates the undeniable sensation that ones personal choices, physical actions, current situational perspective, and the very subject matter of their thought stream have always been completely predetermined by prior causes and are therefore outside of conscious control. Instead of feeling as if they are dictated by freewill, ones thoughts and decision making processes become suddenly felt as a vast and complex set of internally stored, instantly decided, pre-programmed, and completely autonomous mechanistic responses to perceived sensory input. | The revelation is not a result of cognitive insight leading one onto a realization but occurs through a forced and often sudden change in perspective. This creates the undeniable sensation that ones personal choices, physical actions, current situational perspective, and the very subject matter of their thought stream have always been completely predetermined by prior causes and are therefore outside of conscious control. Instead of feeling as if they are dictated by freewill, ones thoughts and decision making processes become suddenly felt as a vast and complex set of internally stored, instantly decided, pre-programmed, and completely autonomous mechanistic responses to perceived sensory input. | ||
Once the offset of the experience begins to take its toll the subject will return to feelings of freedom and independence. Despite this however they will usually retain information and realizations regarding what is usually interpreted as | Once the offset of the experience begins to take its toll the subject will return to feelings of freedom and independence. Despite this however they will usually retain information and realizations regarding what is usually interpreted as a profound insight into the nature of freewill. | ||
===See also=== | ===See also=== |