Donnie Darko and seeing the future

Illusion! Drop immediately from your consciousness any notion of the reality of a "right" and a "wrong" decision. There is no such thing; the future does not yet exist, so don't try too hard to predict the validity of any possible outcomes. You can only live in the moment, which is right now. The only correct decision is the one that feels correct at the time it is made. Forget about any socially-imposed restrictions for a moment; forget too the expectations of any other people in your life. This is simply about you. What do *you* want to do?

Exactly! You don't know! No one does!

Here is the bottom line: Make the decision which you feel best supports your growth as an individual. Although change can be a painful thing in the short term, it can often be necessary and beneficial in the long term. The mere fact that you are now being presented with the opportunity for such change within your life is actually the clearest indication that perhaps such change is necessary. But, if you choose to close this door right now, then others will no doubt open up in the future. It's really up to you.

Yes, I strongly feel that there are specific things that we came here to do or learn. It isn't so much that they were, or are, predestined in a fixed sense. I think it is more along the lines of us simply wanting to come here to do things that we hadn't done before, or didn't get to do during our previous lives. But of course, when we incarnate here we forget all about them! Learning to listen to our intuition is often like hearing a small, still voice that reminds of us those things.

I think that only the *intention* to do such things is pre-ordained (or pre-existing). That does not however guarantee success.

It is possible, although I'm not too sure how probable it is. There is a certain random element to life here. Sometimes things that happen are just happy accidents. And then at other times, they are anything but accidental.

Pre-encoded ... within us? Previous life elements such as memories and personalities are encoded within us before incarnation. The desire to perform specific functions during physical life is often as a result of this unique admixture.

Future you's ... in a nonphysical sense? That would be what many here refer to as communication with your Higher Self. And yes, it definitely does occur. That voice of intuition again

Don't get too hung up on the concept of free will. We exist here in this place with much limitation imposed upon us, albeit for a good reason. What are the boundaries? Hmmmn, I need an analogy here. Hmmn, okay -- here is one way to picture it. You are a bus driver. Your job is to drive a bus from location A to location B. The bus is loaded full of passengers. There are two unique problems, however. The first problem is that you do not know how to get to location B from location A, but the passengers do. The second problem is that there is a very thick wall-to-wall, roof-to-floor screen sitting between you and the passengers: you cannot see them, and you can barely hear them shouting directions to you as you drive. So, although those passengers are back there screaming "turn left!" or "turn right!" or "keep on going straight!" you are the one in control. Those passengers are all actually other parts of you, other personalities existing within your own Higher Self (the bus). They can shout advice and directions, but it always remains your decision as to where and when the wheel gets turned.

It is up to you. It all depends upon whether you are too attached to the things that you have now, or whether you prefer the possibility of simply creating new attachments. But first you need to figure out why you have your claws dug so deeply into your current attachments: what are they doing for you?

You haven't yet

No, just a human complex. We all want some degree of security and familiarity in our lives.

No one is going to nail you to a cross here! Well, no one except yourself if you don't make a decision either way and stick to it. Remember that bus I talked about above? Well, right now you are pretty much stuck in neutral gear at a crossroads. The passengers are all shouting, but you are still wrestling with the gear shift