Gem's from Bhagavan: Fate and Freewill

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There are only two ways to conquer destiny or be independent of it.  One is

to enquire for whom is this destiny, and discover that only the ego is bound

by destiny and not the Self, and that the ego is non-existent.

The other way is to kill the ego by completely surrendering to the Lord, by

realizing one's helplessness and saying all the time, 'Not I, but Thou Oh

Lord' and giving up all sense of 'I' and 'mine', and leaving it to the Lord

to do what He likes with you.  Complete effacement of the ego is necessary

to conquer destiny, whether you achieve this effacement through Self enquiry

or bhakti marga (path of devotion).

 

(from "Gems from Bhagavan", selected by A. Devaraja Mudaliar)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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