Choice

Every person, all the events of your life,
are there because you have drawn them there.
What you choose to do with them is up to you.

- Richard Bach

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Anonymous said…
Sounds good, but the concept is always debatable. Destiny, I believe is a predefined process when we are born (rather when the souls are manifested). Wbetber the actions can be controlled is always debatable. If actions can be controlled, then the meaning of life would change. In my perspective, actions can be "desired" to be controlled, but whether the world you want can be chosen, I am not certain. I belive that life is an executable and the source code is already implemented.

Sreesha
Thursday, 14 April, 2005
Swami Antar Anveshi said…
True that it's debatable. I love to quote this concept that I came across in one of Sri Sri Ravishankar's speaches. "When explaining past events, believe in destiny. When expecting future events, invest in actions".
The field of action is not for drawing results (Karma Yoga). But the action itself creates a field of change around us, be it 'desire' or 'dream' or 'activity'. The byproduct of action is something that Richard Bach is trying to explain, not the real outcome of it.
I'm getting a feeling (maybe too self-centred or selfish if you choose to call it) that all events or happenings that happen around us is for the knowledge of the 'self'. Each of these events add a pinch of upliftment in the human experience. As we learn, the more mature that 'atman' becomes and grows (an excellent narration of the contrast between getting-old and growing-up by Osho comes to my mind). Biologically translating this experience to the human mental evolution.
Tuesday, 19 April, 2005
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