Random Thoughts Part I

      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?