Destiny Unfolded

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The book written by Pavan Kumar Sharma is a wholesome work on the destiny. In this book you will find answers to many of unanswered questions on this aspect of the human life. He has proposed that destiny does certainly exist. He has analysed the various aspects of destiny like hereditary/genetical, metaphysical, statistical/quantum mechanical/modelling, astronomical philosophical, scriptural and mythological aspects. At the same time he has analysed indepth, the role of free will/efforts and qualities of human beings, to harvest luck and thereby shape destiny. According to him destiny as concerned with an individual can be harvested and shaped to a great extent but when it comes to global destiny, everybody is just an observer and participant in it. He has visualized as to how the destiny unfolds and has proposed that this unfolding is a function of time, space and deeds.

On the shaping of destiny he emphasizes the endeavours/qualities of persons and circumstances under which the things happen. But he also emphasizes, that the persons who live at their core and are attentive, any kind of the destiny is absolutely ineffective. One must read it to shape his own destiny.

There is surely destiny. There is no doubt about it. You are born in a particular home; you are born as a human being, the colour of your eyes, the situations of your birth, everything that goes around you in the universe and all that is destiny. There is no doubt about it. So there is a lot just happening, and is outside the domain of your free-will. Simply call it destiny. Something that you never wished for, desired for, and is yet happening. And of that, the first event is your birth. Does anybody desire his or her own birth? Did you desire your birth? You did not, right? Do you desire that at a particular time a bus must pass on the highway, and also honk? We don't desire all these things. All this is destiny, and there is no doubt about it. And destiny is important. There can be an earthquake any time. An asteroid may hit the earth, and we all would be vaporized. All this is destiny. I am not denying the force of destiny. All that I am saying is, that in spite of being important, it is nothing compared to another force. And that is the force of intelligence. That is the force of understanding. And destiny is nothing compared to that force. Destiny can only make outer events happen. But destiny can never touch your core. So destiny is powerless when it comes to the real you, the core, there, destiny is absolutely powerless.

Fate/Destiny is usually thought of as a course of events which is beyond human control. A typical response to believing in fate is resignation, if nothing is in our control then why should one even try. Whatever happen, happens and we can't do anything about it. This is called 'fatalism'. In Hinduism, it is believed that the God is Vidhata and he writes the vidhi or fate of everything/ every being. Whatever written in the vidhi by the Vidhata cannot be transgressed or erased. But Hinduism does recognize karma as a principal and dominant influencing factor of determining one's destiny.

Resignation to fate in extreme cases of miseries in Hindu thought is akin only to fatalism. Hinduism talks of the works and deeds which brings the destiny upon doers. So each person is judged according to what he has done. The theme of being held accountable for choices man makes is omnipresent and continuous. The sovereignty of one God is not any time in question. The sovereign control of the God is 'providence'. The God is all wise and all powerful; hence nothing in this world happens by accident or even chance. Everything, including even accidents happens according to a divine plan, which is always holy, wise and benevolent. So the Godly providence only works to bring about his original for the creation.