All things come back to Square One
Miracles, do
they happen? Is there a Supreme power? Is the concept of God, Man-made?
Once in a while we hear the news that something unbelievable happened. Things
which science fails to explain, but they happen. I am kind of person who
believes in science more than anything else. I had not seen any miracle till I
was seven. Long back when idols of Lord Ganesha started accepting milk all over
the country. The scientist explained the theory as: the idols were made of clay
which was absorbing the liquid, and it isn’t a miracle. I could have believed
them blindly, but the idol back at my home were metallic. I myself fed
milk to the idol and he accepted it. That was the day when I was forced
to believe that some things in this world can’t be explained by science and
that some supernatural powers do exist, we believe in them or not. Most of the
times we fail to understand ourselves, understanding God is far away from our
reach.
Destiny is
another mystery for me. Some people say, we create our own destiny, some say
it’s predestined I have considered all the possibilities and reached the
conclusion that it’s predestined. Of course I can’t force others to follow
my thought. But I surely can walk you through what I've observed .We all are born
with equal capabilities. By "all" here I mean the larger part of the
society. Speaking rationally , initially we all have equal possibilities to
reach the top, considering the hard work and the devotion to our passion.
Still, considerably a smaller section of the human kind had conquered the world
. Of course they must have worked hard, but does it mean that they are the most
deserving, hardworking and devoted people in the world? I leave this question
for a while. You know that statistically the chances of finding THE ONE is
"One in Seven Billion", you have more chances of winning a lottery. Isn't
it destiny which plans and forces us to be at the exact place where we might
find the one for us?
Now consider
this, have you ever planned something properly and still everything went in
vain? Ever worked hard for something and didn’t get through? Ever,
half-heartedly tried to do something and still succeeded? Don’t you think these
things were destined? Perhaps here you could defend the occurrence of the
incidents saying that, it happened because you were lucky or unlucky.
That raises another question, what is luck? Don’t you feel lucky or unlucky
every now and then? They say our destiny depends on the choices we
make, but what if our choices are also destined?
I thought about this
thing for a long time, considered many examples and then I finally made a
way out. Yes, I am a man of destiny and everything is predestined,
was the conclusion. Here is my theory:
Consider it for a while
that everything is not predestined and you are supposed to write your own
destiny. Now, since you work hard and very dedicated towards your work, you
succeed, Congratulations!!!.
You got promoted to another city or maybe to another country. You are all set
to take the next step. Everything is going fine and life is moving the way you
wanted. But suddenly you feel ill (here I am not creating obstacles, you know
its natural and it happens) and, you had to step back. Now at the other end
your competitor and probably less deserving got a chance. It was not a choice
that you made, but it eventually happened to you. You are bound to be somewhere
because your destiny wants you to be there.
The second
assumption would be considering that everything is already written. You worked
hard, you succeeded, and you got promoted. Feeling ill, had to step back. You
stopped believing in destiny (because you thought it would lead you to
something good but it didn't ). Now, since you have stopped believing
in fate. You’ll probably rely on more hard work and devotion to get what you
want. But, the fact still remains the same, i.e. your life is predestined. You
will get what is written, even if you do not believe in it. People get what is
written the easy way or the hard way. Even if you stop believing in destiny,
this particular thought has also something to do with your destiny. Like in the
above case, you got it all when fate hurt your beliefs, but ultimately got only
what was written. This concept is like gravity, you believe it or not, it
affects and runs your life. Not believing in it is like not believing in
gravity. You can create your destiny only and only if it’s
predestined that you will follow your dream path and create it.
I came across
this incredible book THE
SECRET by RHONDA BYRNE ,
it says you can achieve whatever you what and indeed it is a truth. But to my
surprise not everyone is able to understand the concept behind it. Not everyone
relates to it and it doesn't work for everyone. It is a book that
changes life but only for those people who have this change
in their destiny. Again I was forced to believe that it's all already
written.
Most people believe in
hard work and not destiny but I convinced myself that hard
work consoles you when you know there is no way out. It gives us
hope. It was difficult for me to accept that the good, the bad and the
unexpected is all already written. I am more perplexed than
ever, perhaps am wrong since I know one thing for sure , once in a
while everything comes back to square one with the same question.
Is
everything really predestined?
