How Clear are U about the basics

[amitnarang]

What is Destiny ?

If Destiny is the set path of a human being then why do we discuss on the doings of a Human being during his lifetime ?

( e.g. A person who is a murderer might be destined to be one so why blame him for his doings ?)

Can destiny be changed ? If yes, then wouldn't you be going against the almighty trying to defy his set path meant for you to follow ?

[animesh]

Hmmm, nice questions.

 

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If Destiny is the set path of a human being then why do we discuss on the doings of a Human being during his lifetime ?

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May be that it is our destiny to discuss such things.

 

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A person who is a murderer might be destined to be one so why blame him for his doings?

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Again, may be that it is destiny to blame him.

 

 

Well, I do not know if everything that is ever going to happen is pre-determined. But if it is, then everything becomes a part of destiny, including discussion over doings of human beings, blaming a murderer etc.

I am typing this reply. That also is a part of destiny.

 

[shvu]

Hi Amit,

 

'How clear are you about the basics?'

 

The difference between God's will and Man's will is totally unclear. There is no one yet, who has satisfactorily explained that. One way out is that what appears to be man's will is also God's will. As such there is no such thing as Man's will.

 

Cheers

[VibhutiGanesh]

I have started a new thread entitled 'Law of Karma and Rationale of Remedies'.

This is under moderator's scrutiny and will be published within a couple of days.

You may find it interesting in resolving the issues you have posed here.

[VibhutiGanesh]

Here is the link. http://www.indiadivine.org/audarya/mantra-tantra-vigyana/1414765-law-karma-rationale-remedies.html

 

 

 

I have started a new thread entitled 'Law of Karma and Rationale of Remedies'.

This is under moderator's scrutiny and will be published within a couple of days.

You may find it interesting in resolving the issues you have posed here.

[Iam You]

 

 

The difference between God's will and Man's will is totally unclear. There is no one yet, who has satisfactorily explained that.

 

 

 

Neither God nor man has any will. Man is only an appearance in God, and God has no need of will. You only require will if you have need of something, and God has no needs.

 

People and the universe appear in God like a dream appears in a dreamer.The dreamer does not plan a dream, the dream simply unfolds in the dreamer. In the same way the universe unfolds in God.

 

God is awareness, and You alone are that awareness.

[razious]

The official Hindu position for these set of questions are as follows.

 

Destiny is not something that the creator has written on you head. Destiny is, in Hindu language Karma. That is what is inflexible is the Law of Karma that every action will have a appropriate reaction. This law cannot be changed. But this does not imply that you have no freedom to act and every thing is pre determined. It does provide space of freedom of action for ultimately your destiny - what you get is determined by your own action. Karma theory implies you get something because you did something in the past to get it.It simply means you are responsible for what happens to you not the poor Brahma (creater god who is normally blamed for writing your destiny on your head)

 

Though you are not free in this life to alter the consequence of your action of the past - you will have to surely pay for what you did earlier, you certainly have freedom to choose a good or bad act now. It certainly does not mean that you are helpless even to act but what it means is that if you act in certain way then certainly you are not free to avoid the consequence of that action. In short the Karma theory is similar to the legal system. You are certainly free to do any thing but once you misuse this freedom to do something wrong then you have no freedom to escape the punishment.

 

In the contest of the murderers example stated. the murderer is certainly responsible for the act as he has the freedom to commit or not to commit it. Once he commits murder certainly he will be blamed and punished as a consequence of this action - there he has no choice to escape.

 

Destiny is a resultant of many many birth time action and their reactions - you tend to get cluttered in this cause effect chain and that certainly restrict your freedom to a large extent in a given life. That still does not mean that you have no freedom at all to act afresh- In fact the freedom to act afresh is never gone . You can always act in some good and holy manner in spite of all your miseries that reactions are coming from your past bad deeds. You need to go through them as there is no escape from reaping the results - the seeds you planted in past but at the same time nothing prevents you from planting new good seeds so that in future you reap good fruits rather than the bad ones. Planting new seeds is completely in your.

 

Destiny is to be understood in this way - not as something completely determined by someone above you and engraved on your skull and executed with iron hand , Where you have no say - no that is wrong interpretation of Destiny. Your destiny is what you yourself make for yourself - in many many births of course.

 

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