Marco - you bring up some interesting thoughts and ideas... a subject area that fascinates me... I hope to have some time soon to read more closely and discuss with you (and anyone interested).

I think a huge part are programs based on beliefs, experiences and what was modeled for us by parents, siblings, teachers etc... HUGE influence from TV, media, songs etc... music/lyrics have the ability to go more deeply into the subconscious as they are linking the left and right hemispheres of the brain which allows the contents to go deep... there is little difference between propaganda and advertising imo.

I do not have a "stance" on pre-destiny vs free choice per say... It does seem to me that in life true opposites don't seem to exist in this world and universe. I am curious as to how both might hold truth.

A term I like is "opposames"... things that seem opposite but aren't really. I look at creation and evolution this way as well as democrat and republican... The later - illusion of choice to keep us thinking we are free where the main agendas of those in power happen regardless of who is "voted in by the public". The former, creation/evolution, I think there maybe a creative force of such that may have created through a form of evolution...

Some theories suggest multiple dimensions/realities... and many theories, from spiritual teachings to quantum physics talk about the relativity of time and suggest time to be somewhat of an illusion. IF time doesn't really exist (a possible explanation of eternity) and all is now then in a way that would be pre-destiny, not in you have a chosen path but that it is already done so to speak... however what is freedom of choice and does it exist? One of my teachers suggests the possibility that freedom of choice is not in choosing your life but choosing how to experience what you do. I play with the idea that if all time is now and if there are alternate possibilities existing simultaneously (hard thing for my mind/ego to grasp - though some experiences suggest there is some truth in it) then maybe in choosing your perception of reality takes you on an almost choose your own adventure. All possibilities (all that can exist for me) are there and therefor in a sense pre-destined yet my choice in experiencing them moves me along one of many many possible paths...

Ideas I toy with anyway...

There are interesting studies that suggest things aren't quite as we see them..

1 example - showing pictures to subjects with positive and negative emotional content and recording body/brain reactions... -the reactions came BEFORE the pics came up>>

2nd example
open brain experiments...

subject puts hand in cold water - automatic reaction of body is to pull out and then the brain fires..

I'll make up the times here...

hand goes in, at 1 second the hand pulls out and at 2 seconds the brain fires...

Now here is the crazy bit... when they interrupted the signal to the brain at 1.5 seconds the hand did not pull out at 1 second...

Try to swallow that...

Hand goes in, at one second pulls out but doesn't pull out at 2 seconds if at 1.5 seconds the connections interrupted...

Certainly food for thought for me anyway....

Hope to read more closely soon...