This document discusses the concepts of destiny and free will. It argues that destiny determines the consequences of our actions, not our actions themselves. Destiny is defined as the aggregate reactions to our past actions delivered according to a higher plan, which includes concepts like sanchit karma, kriyaman karma, and prarabdha karma. The document acknowledges that while destiny plays a role, we can also change our destiny to some degree through our thoughts, attitudes, and behaviors. It advises focusing on what we can change rather than what we can't, and increasing the distance between what happens to us and how we respond through spirituality.
10. Intelligence
Know what is changeable
Know what is unchangeable
Focus on what can be changed and
what can’t be changed won’t be so
conquential
11. How spirituality is freeing
What happens to us is destiny
How we respond to it is free will
Spirituality increases the distance
between what happens & how we
respond
12. Destiny vs determinism
Genetic determinism
Psychic determinism
Environmental determinism
We are products of our past – not its
prisoners
13. What determines our behavior?
Our svabhava / genes / past-karma
Upbringing
Association
Free will
God’s grace
14. Open a new TAB in your life
T: Thoughts
A: Attitude
B: Behavior
16. Attitudes
“The inscrutable will of the Lord is
surely for the well-being of all
living beings.” - Mahabharata
Trust God’s omnipotence &
omniscience
17. Behavior
“Entrust the reins of your
chariot to Krishna”- Srila
Prabhupada
Arjuna’s Gandiva bow
represents our determination
