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Agree with this. The logic behind this is simple. The human being is part of the universe, hence subject to causation & perceived chance. The human being doesn't get to "choose" the architecture of the body at birth, no choice in breathing, the eyes are going to blink and so on. And the idea of "volition" goes out of the window the moment we ask a question such as: "where did this prior thought come from?" The universe is a massive machine and men and women are little machines operating in service to the larger whole. Pain, pleasure, happiness and depression are universal mechanisms which allow totality to function, but human beings in general tend to construct a personal narrative. Once one fully accepts causation, then the struggle goes away little by little, since the "personal story" dissipates, and only "universal law in motion" remains.