the patter from his gob
did constantly disturb
and even though no-one did listen
all around they showed suspicion
even when the verbalism
ceased to attract antagonism
the truth of what had been disclosed
was blaspheme to the ears of most

sweet tangled roots
the depth of conscience
dream the meaning of existence
can you hear the whales breath
ancient record keepers are we

out of the light a shadow dances
behind the symbolistic mantras
an exquisite pattern re-emerges
the hallucinogenic vision is entered

we can accept full responsibility without the belief in free will

the term 'free will' implies a will that is free to choose.
subconscious desires or conditioned responses are not freely chosen

one could believe in determinism and be an atheist from a spiritual rather than a religious perspective
from one point of view although we are physically separate entities, spiritually we are one presence
this one presence is your determiner

i believe it is rather more complicated than that and that both determinism and free will are illusory human concepts that have no basis in reality

in the case of free will it is impossible to say, as we can never be certain what initiates an individual to make a decision. i may believe i am acting under my own authority and be unaware of unconscious conditioning or repressed desires

as for determinism, spiritually, why would we be here doing what we are doing, learning what we are, if we already knew the answers? in religion there is no place for determinism as the concept of free will is paramount.

i believe reality is an ever expanding awareness, the thought or idea in motion. of which our universe is an illusion. this awareness has no free will to move in any particular direction as it moves in all directions simultaneously. the only determined factor is movement