are we the makers of our destiny?
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Are we the makers of our destiny?
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Sports – amplified microcosm of life
Performance matters, Yet performance is not all that matters
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Vasudeva-Kamsa-Devaki
Predestination is no rationalization for inaction
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Vidura-Dhritarashtra
Destiny determines the consequences of our actions, not our actions themselves
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What is destiny?The aggregate of the reactions to our own past actions delivered to us according to a higher plan
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What is destiny?The aggregate of the reactions to our own past actions delivered to us according to a higher plan
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What is destiny?Sanchit KarmaKriyaman KarmaPrarabhda Karma Aprarabhda Karma
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Can we change our destiny?Yes & no.Semantics: Destiny: what is going to happenDestiny: what we are going to achieve
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Beyond destiny Accepting destiny or changing destiny?Rama when exiled & Rama when Sita abducted
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Intelligence Know what is changeableKnow what is unchangeable Focus on what can be changed and what can’t be changed won’t be so conquential
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How spirituality is freeingWhat happens to us is destinyHow we respond to it is free willSpirituality increases the distance between what happens & how we respond
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Destiny vs determinism Genetic determinism Psychic determinismEnvironmental determinism We are products of our past – not its prisoners
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What determines our behavior? Our svabhava / genes / past-karmaUpbringingAssociation Free willGod’s grace
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Open a new TAB in your life
T: Thoughts A: AttitudeB: Behavior
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Thoughts
Create a comforting home for the heartBhakti is making Krishna our default object of thought
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Attitudes“The inscrutable will of the Lord is surely for the well-being of all living beings.” - MahabharataTrust God’s omnipotence & omniscience
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Behavior
“Entrust the reins of your chariot to Krishna”- Srila PrabhupadaArjuna’s Gandiva bow represents our determination