God's Will!

I have often been asked this question about destiny and free will. Here I shall explain about both.

We all come with a fixed path and that is called destiny. It is just like the railway line from which the train cannot get off otherwise it will derail. That is called "prarabdha karma"! That means if you are destined to get married or bear a child at a particular moment, that will happen as per our destiny guidelines. Everything that happens at any moment in time is governed by this fixed destiny. We are all born and die due to this kaal chakra or the wheel of fate! There are no exceptions in this path. Even Krishna who was cursed to die had to die at that moment as per the laws of destiny. There is no escaping it and we have to bow down to destiny at all times.

We loose jobs, get divorced, there are deaths in the family, we loose all money, do not get selected for the big post, we get to win the lottery, get top rank and there are many such destined things which occur in our lives all the time. These are directed by destiny alone.

How does destiny come into play? If you have done some good to some person then it is required that the same person receives the return from you in the same way. You fought with someone and beat him up, it is required by the laws of nature, you too shall have to repay in the same way. It may not happen in the same life so we have to meet the same person again to repay it.

Just think how many lives have you lived with your own miserable spouse or mother-in-law or whosoever just because you are karmically attached to them. They do bad to you so you require to return the same to them and that's what keeps us locked to them lives after lives. If you have a miserable creep of a person in life, wouldn't you want to get rid of that right then and also never to meet the same in all other lives of yours?

Just the way you have solutions in your IT industry, the life's book also offers the technology to get out of this misery. The Bhagvad Geeta has all the required techno jargon to take you out of it. You only require the Master who can show you the "hows" of it all.

Now let us come back to Free Will. Is there Free Will?

Yes and No! Yes, only if you exercise your own ego and rescind the will of God. He has set the course which you have to follow just like the captain of the ship but you may revolt and take the path that you and your little ego thinks right. Then it is free will! You are on your own and have no clue where you are heading. Any which way you will have to finally come back to the set path only because being completely at the mercy of the universal laws, you still do not control anything at all.

Now when I said No- it means we do not have any control over anything so why not follow what we are supposed to do and just let destiny take charge and follow the set path.

The holy accept the will of God and do not question anything at all. They just do their duties and keep faith in the Lord. They let Him steer them on their path with complete surrender. They all are putty in His hands so they do not suffer the way we do!