Karma and Destiny

Have you ever wondered what's the difference between karma and destiny? What is it that pulls the strings of our life? God does not write our fate, then who? The answer is 'you'. Believe it or not only you govern your life's events. It's your karma, your destiny that you created.

What is Karma?

Karma and destiny are two related words of which everyone have their own explanations. 

The theory of karma existed in India before the advent of Buddha, but it was Buddha who explained this doctrine in its true sense.

According to Buddhism Karma is intention, a willful action. One does karma by way of body, speech and intellect. The Buddha tried to redefine karma by emphasizing on 'intentions behind the action' pointing on a deeper truth. It is the will of spirit in action.

How Destiny means different from it? 

Let's take an example to define them more clearly. There is a popular saying "You reap what you sow". Here seed is destiny which offers opportunities in life. The kind of seed we want to sow is our choice. If I sow a rose seed, that is my path, my destiny, I choose which will only give me rose flower and not lotus flower. Now after that seed is sown, it asks for my maintenance. I look after it well and give it my care. That is my karma, sowing it in the right soil and watering it properly. This way I created my destiny by my karma.

This is called the law of cause and effect which has no beginning, no end. Destiny merely is not related to body, but the soul. Everyone is bound by the destiny which he carries in his palms even after reincarnation. We are responsible for our own growth. We are responsible for our own success and failure; happiness and misrey. We create our own heaven. We create our own hell. We are the architects of our fate.

If I sum up the whole thing, we can say karma governs destiny.. destiny governs karma. Our souls move in a never ending cycle of birth and rebirth to which we name reincarnation. We don't have much control over our destiny but karma can be changed. Karma is the result of our free will, our actions. We are solely responsible for everything that happen to us. 

Why do we feel lonely?

From the past few months I've been in a situation many a times where I feel so lonely and separated, a feeling that is absolutely hollow and the root cause of which is still mystery.

Yesterday I had a conversation with a friend and I realized that everyone feels lonely. It is something deep inside that is very natural. We all look for someone to be there, who do nothing, just be there.

There is a slight difference between being lonely and being alone. A person sitting in a room full of people may still feel lonely who doesn't have any listener; on the other hand a person sitting alone may not feel lonely due to the self love or be it the faith he has on God or be it the moral support from someone or anything. 

Even after having everything, people feel a little alone

• some in terms of moral support;

• some in terms of a friend;

• some in terms of a partner;

• some in terms of a listener.

What we all seek is a support, a faith from someone that will never slip away.. someone to comfort us.. someone to make us feel secure.. someone with whom we can share our life! 

My friend regarded them as "different versions of God" to overcome loneliness, some people say them soulmates, some say them bff or even some people show their religious beliefs in gem stones; a thing be it living or non living that strengthen their faith. It is that belief only (of which the reason may be anything) which helps us in overcoming this loneliness. And that internal peace enables positivity of our minds which further brings positivity in our lives. One belief does it all. 

Why do you feel lonely? What do you do to overcome this loneliness? What is that moral support for you? Share your thoughts below. :)

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What if you weren't afraid?

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What if you weren't afraid?

Take a few minutes out of your busy lives and think about it. If you had nothing to fear or nothing holding you back, what would you do? What is your dream that you've been keeping inside the deep cores of your heart?

If you weren't afraid, would you take a flight to never come back? Would you escape and sail around the world? Would you take up a career that you love? Would you be a writer for a change to write an epic love story for yourself? 

We're afraid of everything in life and our fears hold us back from living an epic life we could live doing the things that we only dream of and at the same time be scared of.

• Perhaps we would speak up more honestly, if we weren't afraid of being judged;
• Perhaps we would follow our hearts, if we weren't afraid of the society;
• Perhaps we would take every sort of risk, if we weren't afraid of failure;
• Perhaps we would reach heights, if we weren't afraid of falling down. 

We're more concerned about the question 'what people will say?'. I'm not regarding fear as any external enemy created by the society. Rather it is an internal factor which lies within us and that restraints us from being who we actually are: fear of being judged, fear of being different, fear of looking silly, fear of failure, or even fear of death! 

These are the big roadblocks that creates hurdles on every step!

What would you do if you weren't afraid of anything? Think over it and share your views below on the comments section! :)

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Why do we feel lonely?

Before it's too late

Listen the unspoken words
Your heart whisper
The tender message it keeps
Before it's too late,

Don't wait for the perfect time
For it has never arrived
Today is all we own
Speak up! Before it's too late,

Show them you love
Show them you care
Coz there's nothing worse
Than being late!

                             -Mahima Goel