Choice of Destiny 008

Exploring Life And Destiny

G: When we have a purpose of life, we know what destiny we should explore for. Then, we make a choice and we change our destiny.
S: The entire lives of all human beings are explorations only. Each human being is in continuous search for discovering the self. This search will continue as rivers continue to search the ocean, the stars the sky, the scientists the knowledge, the devotees the Lord, the lover the loved, and so on. But this search is destined as per the Law of Destiny. When a search ends and a new search begins is yet to be known by Man. At present, there is no hope for anyone to escape from the Universe and hence from the Law of Destiny. If you think you have changed your destiny one day, check on the same day if you have fallen into trap of another destiny. The reality is that you cannot change your destiny. Destiny is the Ultimate Truth. That destiny makes you believe that you determine your destiny, makes you feel that you know your purpose of life and makes you feel that you can change your destiny. Clearly, you are in Illusion.
G: All that you have said appear true. It took so many days for me to swallow what you said on the last occasion. Yesterday, when I was talking to my friend he was telling an incident that in an Earthquake a girl child was saved from the debris after three days. Now a very rich person adopts her and an amount of Rs. 25 lakh was placed as fixed deposit in her name at the time of her adoption. All set to tell me we are only puppets.
It reminds me of a few lines from Omar Khayyam’s Rubbaiyat,
“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all thy Piety not Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all the Tears wash out a Word of it. “
Now, I am a bit confused. If the Law of Destiny does everything, what do we have to do? What I have to do? Then what is our duty? What do we explore?
S: Thanks for your mail. It is going to take quite a while to digest Law of Destiny. And, that is the time we spend on exploring life.
A Bengali saint named Ramprasad Sen had sung thus centuries back:
“Tomaar (Your) Karma (Duty) Tumee (You) Karo (do), Ma (Mother),
Lokay (People) boley (Say), Karee (Do) Aaamee (I).”
In other words, the Law of Destiny makes things happen through you and I.
But everyone and we think that we do what we are doing.
Even if you subscribe to the Law of destiny, this is not because you chose to do so, but because you are so destined.
G: Ultimately, this is all about your Destiny Principle. There is nothing more to understand.
S: I wish it were so easy to understand and become fully conversant with this Law. If you are destined to become conversant, you will also come to know:
(a) What all destiny covers and what not (i.e. the space/ domain over which
Destiny is defined), (b) What are the assumptions underlying the Law of Destiny, (c) what the different components of the Law of Destiny like destiny of an individual, destiny of a group, destiny of mankind, destiny of other living beings, destiny of non-living things, destiny of ideas, (d) the possibility of destiny prediction, and (e) the use of the Law of destiny. I am currently exploring these aspects.
G: What are your plans?
S: I do not know how far I am destined to go along this line. But it seems to me that the Law of Gravitation is a small part of the Law of destiny, so is the Law of Competitive evolution. All the principles of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Genetics, Astronomy, Medicine, IT and telecommunications as well as of all social sciences including economics and all religions are manifestation of the Law of Destiny. You were destined to question me on this so that I think about these more. And, I thank you for this. This is also consistent with the Law of Destiny. If my destiny permits, you and I will be able to come up with detailed answers to the questions you have asked now.
G: If the Law of Destiny does everything, what we have to do? What I have to do? Then what is our duty, what do we explore?
S: The short answer is: It’s the Law of destiny that causes you to explore life and do that which is your duty. Gita is prophetic as much as it is tautological. This is the way I have understood the Law of Destiny. You and I will do only that is our duty, which is as per the process of destiny. There is no correct or incorrect duty. There is only duty that is programmed by Destiny. So you are destined to make these questions. To ask them was your duty and you could not have stopped yourself from doing this destined duty.

Be happy with what you do if destiny permits you.