Can Man/woman ever emerge masters of their own fate ?
There is an eternal debate and one perhaps thinks about these more as we come to the end of a calendar year - 2025 ... and the year also marks the end of the first century of the new 21st century.
The core perception/idea of personal responsibility and the ethical law of cause and effect remains a powerful guide for navigating life.
It's ethical and often bordering on being practical even as the perceived 'metaphysical' aspects of Karma, such as literal rebirth, may not be universally accepted in a scientifically-focused era.
The Wrong one will find you in peace and leave you in pieces; and the Right will find you in pieces and leave you to peace", says the Karma lesson.
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Never was any generation of men/women intent upon the pursuit of well-being more advantageously placed to attain it -- but the human world has taken only the opposite course. Is this guided by the essential philosophy - what is created will ought to be destroyed ?
The Hindu teachings say -- Do not regret; what is being 'destroyed' is only PHYSICAL.
“Only dead fish swim with the stream”.
― Malcolm Muggeridge
Take a break and try to look at things in a different manner ....
The moot point often we discuss as human beings is that -- A society, a nation's or even an individual's life is actually predetermined.
Otherwise ... we call that Luck etc ...
L K Advani was the most promising Indian politician - who came from Pakistan following partition. He will go down the memory lane as the best Indian Prime Minister; we never had.
That's Karma, Fate etc etc for you ---
Look on the other side - two almost boring politicians - I K Gujral and Manmohan Singh could become the Prime Minister of world's largest democracy. Again both got the post -- by chance ....
Manmohan Singh was called 'the accidental prime minister'. So was Gujral and for that matter even H D Devw Gowda. If Sonia played the Santa Claus in the life of Manmohan Singh - chiefly for his 'yes madam' virtue ... in the case of Deve Gowda - it was Harkishen Singh Surjeet.
But people should not forget Prakash Karat. In the summer of 1996 - it was he who forced CPI-M polit bureau to vote against Jyoti Basu becoming India's Prime Minister.
Karma ... impact ??
Like Advani; Basu too was destined to be denied the historic opportunity.
In Bangla, they say - Janma, Mrityu and Vivah ---
Birth, Death and Wedding are not in your hands.
Cultural & Religious Beliefs
Hinduism:
Marriage (Vivah) is a sacred union across lifetimes, helping souls progress, so pairings are seen as preordained.
(Saath Janma .... ka khel - a mysterious game of as many as seven lives )
Judaism:
The Zohar teaches that husband and wife are one soul separated by birth, reunited in marriage, implying a heavenly match.
Christianity:
Genesis describes marriage as God's design for a "one flesh" union, a divine creation.
A report by the World Popular Review reads,
-- 'According to data from the United Nations and other sources, the country with the highest divorce rate in the world in 2020 was the Maldives, which recorded 2984 divorces against a population of 540,544, resulting in a divorce rate of 5.52 per 1000 people.
This is actually a notable step down from the country's widely publicized rate of 10.97 in 2002, which earned the country a Guinness World Record.'
Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) in 2024 suggests that more Indians are getting divorced than they were in at least seven years back.
Divorce in India rose from 0.3 percent in 2017-18 to 0.5 percent in 2023-24. Among the women 0.7 percent were divorced in 2024-25; compared with 0.6 percent seven years back.
So; are these statistics also linked to 'fate' and issues related to Karma ?
'Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wife.” – Franz Schub
Views suggesting predestination about 'Death'
Hinduism/Buddhism: Death's timing is linked to past karma (actions) and the soul's journey, with present actions shaping future lives.
Islam: Allah's will dictates the exact time and place of death, determined even before birth.
Christianity: God has numbered our days, making the time of death part of His divine plan, though life choices matter.
Spiritual Science:
The soul is eternal, but the body's lifespan (death) is predetermined by past causes, yet the soul's journey continues.
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