In this video Aaron Doughty explains how the concepts of free will and destiny intersect within the Law of Attraction framework. He asserts that we possess free will to consciously shape our experiences by focusing on what we desire, while destiny represents pre‑planned experiences that align with our higher purpose. By expanding perception beyond the ego to the higher self, we can recognize excitement as an internal guidance system that indicates whether we are moving toward our destined path. Aaron uses a hallway analogy to illustrate that we can walk any direction, but following our moment‑to‑moment excitement keeps us aligned with our larger life purpose. He emphasizes the importance of questioning the relevance of goals (e.g., winning the lottery) within the broader scope of one’s life, focusing on the process and the feeling of passion rather than solely on outcomes. Practical advice includes becoming aware of one’s thoughts, deliberately choosing where to place attention, and consistently following excitement in each moment. The video concludes with a call to like, subscribe, and download a free PDF of his top five Law of Attraction books.
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This video will show you the truth on free will and destiny when it comes to the law of attraction. I'm going to share with you ways of actually aligning your free will to your destiny so that you're able to get the kind of results that you want. Welcome back to another video. My name is Aaron and I help people expand their consciousness. Now in this video, I'm going to be sharing with you the correlation of what we fundamentally call free will and how that relates to the idea of destiny, but how we can really take it further towards understanding the whole process at a much deeper level. Now let me first off say that I believe that we have free will to do whatever we want. Now in general, this means that we can consciously create the kind of experiences we want through our focus in the sense that whatever we focus on will grow. Now on the other side of this, we have the idea of destiny. Which says that there's certain things that we're meant to do that we kind of pre-paved to do in our life experience. Now let me first off say that from the ego's point of view, the ego wants to control everything. Now the idea is to expand our perception just beyond the idea of what our ego thinks it wants to a larger scope of perception. Now we could fundamentally call this the higher self. We could understand that there is a higher perspective we can have. In order to see in the direction of where our life purpose is. But let me share with you an analogy that I've learned many years ago. I don't remember where the source was that I learned it, but it really resonated with me and I think that it may resonate with you as well. Now it's this analogy of understanding that there's a larger scope of consciousness of who we are rather than just our ego. And what this means is that in our life experience we have prepaid at a higher level to have certain type of experiences in our life. Now we could say that this is walking down a hallway. Now walking down a hallway, the way that we know that we're in the right direction is because what we're doing is we are following our excitement. Our excitement is a guidance mechanism that is showing us whether we are going in the right direction or not. Now the idea is that we have free will to walk down that hallway in any way that we like. We can skip, we can, you know, walk jagged, we could walk backwards, we could go forward and go backwards. The idea is that the way that we walk down that hallway is 100% up to us. Now in general, because that is our excitement, the guidance mechanism that's telling us that we're in the right direction, that means that most likely we're going to keep reverting back to whatever that quote unquote destiny is or whatever the idea of that passion is. So the idea is to become very aware of what your excitement is and to simply decide that you're going to follow whatever that is. Now, this also means that what we can learn is that there's a larger scope of consciousness that we can start to really tap into. Now, what this means is that we can start to see things as more of a neutral thing. We don't have to react to everything that happens to us, and we can learn to then expand it to this point of view where we ask ourselves the question, is this relevant in the larger scope of my life? Now, the reason I say this is because when it comes to the law of attraction, there are some people that will intend to, you know, attract to win the lottery or something like that. And the idea is to realize that if it's not happening, it could be that it is not relevant in your life experience. Now, let me give you an example. I, over the course of the last, like, year or so, have been working very hard to add as much value as I can through these videos so that I reach a lot of people and I spread my message. Now, if a year ago I were to, quote unquote, win the lottery or something like that, it wouldn't have been relevant because it probably wouldn't— I wouldn't have the drive that I have right now. I think for a lot of people, there's a certain purpose that we have in life that we set to have. In our life experience. That could be our excitement. And if we had $100 million, we wouldn't be actually interested in what we are doing because that would off-rail us. So we wouldn't actually be that excited about having it. And this means that what we can do is take things to a deeper level and realize that there's purpose, there's meaning in everything in our life based upon what we give it, but ask ourselves the question, is this relevant? So then what you can do is realize that it's more so about the process than it is just the end result that we get, because the passion, the feeling that we get when we're in that excitement is the point. The state of being is the point. So when we start to, you know, shift the focus to this larger perspective of knowing there may have been some things in my life that I intended to go through, certain types of relationships, maybe, maybe certain types of outcomes of like, you know, certain types of things we're passionate about. That's when we start to expand our scope, expand our scope of perception, and that's when we can start to really focus it in a powerful way. So realize that the way you align your free will to your destiny is by first off being aware of what your thoughts are, choosing that you're going to think the way that you want. You're going to become aware of your thoughts. Most people are on autopilot. They're just constantly reacting to their environment. And that's why I make these videos. I want you to wake up and to understand that you have the ability to consciously put the attention where you want to go in the direction that you prefer so that you get the results that you want. And waking up to this means that you realize you have free will, that you don't have to continue to tell yourself a story of I can't do it. Tell yourself a story that I'm not worthy, whatever it is, and you could start to really buy into yourself. So realize that you have free will to do what you want to do, but at the same time, ask yourself the question, is this relevant? Is this in the grander scope of my life very beneficial? And if you see that it's not, maybe start to align that free will to your destiny by following your passion. Your passion, the feeling of excitement, is your guidance mechanism that is telling you whether you're going in the right direction or not. And if you simply follow your passion in every moment— this doesn't mean that you have to know the overarching purpose of your whole entire life— just in every moment, follow your passion. And as you do that, eventually that will lead you to the next great thing, the next great thing, and then you will be on your purpose. You will find that overarching passion in your life. So that's it for today. I hope you guys enjoyed this video. Feel free to like this video if you liked it. Subscribe if you haven't already. Also, I put a free PDF on the top 5 law of attraction attraction books that have changed my life. Two of them you can read in literally under like an hour or two. So feel free to check that out by clicking in the link in the description. And other than that, I will see you guys on the next vid. Peace, much love, namaste.
