FATE by Sri Venkatachalam

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FATE by Sri.Venkatachalam

 

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Dear Members,

 

F A T E

 

1. What is fate?

 

2. Should one believe in one's fate or should one

continue doing his karma and not worry about fate?

 

3. Can one's fate be overcome by WISDOM / INTELLECT /

or by Scheme?

 

Many of us have the above questions and also have

Scorn views about fate. But, they do not know what

exactly fate is?

 

Let me explain, as per the karma theory that " All

Actions have corresponding Reactions. " It is like

when you throw a ball on to the wall, it comes back in

just the opposite direction with the same force with

which you threw it and similarly all our good and bad

actions bear fruits – whether you like or believe it

or not the divine laws will not change. Depending on

the type of actions, one gets good results for good

actions and Sinful actions do return sinful results.

Thus, we are the authors of the reactions of all our

actions.

 

It is clear, therefore, that if you want good

results, you must engage in good actions. However,

all actions do not produce reactions immediately.

Some get stored and come to us at some other time as

per the universal law – may be in this birth or even

next, depending on the purpose for which the action is

performed and the type of actions performed (whether

good or Bad).

 

These accumulated results of our actions are called

FATE.

 

Then you may question

 

1. Is it that Good actions always produce good results

and bad actions always bring in bad results?

 

2. Is there any law, which decides about the

chronological order of the happening of results since

We find some people doing bad actions enjoy life and

some doing good actions suffer?

 

To this, we have to explain the " Karma and Fate "

theory further in the modern scenario. for example.

Let us take a hollow pipe, opened at both ends. Go on

pushing stripes of cloth with different colours, one

after the other. Let us say White represents good

actions, Black represents bad actions and other

colours as a mixed actions ( good and Bad). You push

Black coloured stripe first, then Red, then Green,

then White, then Blue etc. etc. through one side of

the hollow pipe. When you fill the full pipe length

with such stripes of cloth and then try to push

further stripes into it, what happens? You first get,

out of the other opening of the pipe, the Black stripe

first, then the Red stripe, then the Green, then the

White and so on. Can you control the order in which

the stripes are coming out of the other end? No,

isn't it? What went first comes out first. This is

natural and is called universal theory. Now, it is

clear that we have " No control over the results but

only have right to decide about the type of Actions " .

Clear? This also explains why some one doing bad

actions enjoy life and some doing good suffer. While

you are pushing White stripe from one end, what you

see on the other side is the Black stripe. Why? You

have already pushed Black first and when you are

pushing White, the one comes out is the first one

pushed. So when one does in this world now good

Actions (White stripe pushed in) he gets bad results

(Black stripe coming out) and so on. The first

accumulated results are based on your earlier actions,

the reaction is being seen or enjoyed now. Whatever

you do now, will reap results later. This is the

theory of Karma and Fate.

 

Now we have to look into the last question: " Can we

conquer Fate by our Intellect (Buddhi)? "

 

The answer is both YES and NO. Let us see. We have

seen that we have no control over the results of our

actions, they are happening as per universal law " As

we sow, so we reap " . Based on this, I can say we

cannot win over Fate through Intellect. However, we

can definitely win over Fate through proper

Intellectual planning of our actions now to produce

desired results. Good actions produce Good results,

Bad Actions results bad results and so on. Now, You

decide and shape up your actions accordingly and you

will then get the desired results. However, we have

also seen the chronological way in which results come.

 

 

Whatever accumulated results are there due to our past

actions are called " PRAARABHDHA KARMA " . Whatever

actions we are at present doing are called " SANJEETHA

KARMA " . Whatever actions we may be doing in future

are called " AAGAAMYA KARMA " . In this, we have seen

through the analogy of filling different coloured

stripes into an open pipe, that what colour went first

comes first. Therefore, whatever colours have already

gone through the pipe earlier are equivalent to

" Prarabhdha " , whatever colour we are at present

pushing into are " Sanjeetha " and whatever we will be

pushing later are called " Aagaamya " .

 

Now tell me, where do you have control over your

actions in this process? You cannot have control over

the colours that have already gone into the pipe,

since no pulling out is allowed (meaning once you

perform a karma the result is already decided and you

cannot undo a karma performed). But, you have control

over your present pushing (present actions) and can

decide about the order in which you want to push them.

This is possible by intelligent planning of your

actions. Use your mind, mould your actions to produce

good results and thus win over the results indirectly.

However, there is a limitation. Your Mind

understanding of our scriptural sayings is already

limited and your present Intellect may not guide your

present actions properly. Nevertheless, the very

determination to do good actions will make you learn

the scriptural sayings and will mould your actions

into good to some extent. Thus, the present actions

can be moulded to some extent. However, in your

Future actions, you mould your character with good

thoughts developed by the learning you gain in the

present by reading and understanding our Vedas and

contemplating on the Truth (God). This super Knowledge

will naturally govern your future actions which will

definitely be good and produce good results..

 

Thus to sum up , you have no control over the results

of your past actions (Prarabhdha); have a limited

control (limited by your coloured understanding of

Dharma) over your present actions (Sanjeetha) and full

control over your future actions (Aagaamya). You are

not really winning over FATE but you are moulding your

FATE by having a control over your actions. And so

we need to do our duties as said by Lord Krishna to

Arjuna : KARMANYEVA ADHIKARASTHE, MAA BHALESHU

KATHAACHANA " . Meaning, you concentrate on your Duties

without desire and do not worry about results, leave

it to me.

 

Regards

Radhe Krishna