YES ! , we have No Automatic
From Srila Prabhupada's Gita, " [the jiva in the material body is ] ...as if on a machine made of material energy."
Imagine yourself living in a rich human culture. You are driving down the endless gorgeous avenues, following the signs, the well-maintained road, obeying for the better part all the safety rules, and, you always have the brakes. It is smooth and natural, well planned, well outlined, well executed, it is orchestrated nicely, things go on as if on automatic...
But you waver after a while in your comfort, you fall asleep, ....and suddenly ! your car veers. While your head dropped, greater laws took force. Your loss of awareness almost led to disaster. But, fortunately, you shockingly awaken and correct the deviation...
But enough of the analogy. As you guessed, it will come down to this;
Your Conscious Voluntary Participation is AT ALL TIMES NECESSARY, in spiritual life. THERE IS NO AUTOMATIC, and There is NO FORCE.
There is Free Will, a will
