There are two schools of thoughts that exist in our society. One school believes that 'Karma' is everything. If you do your 'Karma', then you can change your destiny. There is another school of thought that says that 'Destiny' is everything. We are not choosers for what we can do or can become. Destiny decides that, and we have no say in it.
I don't want to support or oppose any of these schools of thoughts. I am writing this blog for my curiosity about destiny. Is destiny really in our control? Some might say yes, karma controls our destiny, and if we do our karma, then we can change our destiny!.......So far so good, I was just curious what force gives us 'inspiration' to do karma? Is that inspiration itself not chosen by destiny?
For example, I see a lad in a family (Lets name him XX), who is extraordinarily hard working and intelligent. Because of his hard work, he bangs to good schools, and makes a good career and he is very successful. He has some siblings in his family who are not hard working and they are not successful either. What made XX successful?? Those who believe in karma would say that, it is his hard work that brought him success. I was curious, why only XX in that family chosen to go for hard work? Why only he believed that hard work is key to success? Why didn't his siblings choose to go for hard work? It is impossible that nobody tried to inspire or teach the importance of hard work to XX's siblings, then why still they couldn't motivate themselves? If inspiration for hard work could be generated by external stimulations, then why sometimes we fail to motivate others? (And ourselves too!!)
Is it XX's genetic pattern that "made him" to think in a way, that he preferred to go for hard work rather than sitting idle? If it is so, then acquiring genetic traits is again not in our hand. We can't choose to get what genetic trait we want. Is it some emotional force or shock that driven him to go for hard work? Then why only XX had that experience? Why not the siblings? And if siblings too had the same emotional experience, then why only XX was motivated by that? Ultimately if you reach for the root of all the actions and phenomenons, you will find that it is destiny which controls everything!
I read about the famous debate between Einstein and Bohr. Einstein said "God does not play dice".........Bohr replied " Einstein, stop telling God what to do with his dice"!....... To conclude, if you have 'consciousness' about rights and wrongs, then consider yourself blessed that you are chosen by destiny to 'think' in that way. So, If you already 'realize' that working hard is good, then do work hard, because some people are not even chosen, by destiny to 'realize' this fact!!
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I belong to the school of thought where Karma is the ultimate tool to shape your own destiny. I have some objective results to show... when everything else was going down, nothing seemed to work, I somehow decided to muster enough courage to do my job well, and it saved my day. There is almost never a day when I don't work hard and still get good results. Interestingly enough, the Sanskrit word "Karma" has been "ambiguousized" by the English. See the definition here. There are two meanings - one is "act" and other is "destiny" which clearly tells me how closely the English / Americans read the Sanskrit scriptures. Anyhow, I feel the take home message for me from my experience with life in the last 30 years is "Work hard, everything will be fine".
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