Regarding how we are free to chose our own destiny 1st person: They are good men who were raised in a bad society. 2nd person: No, they were raised in a bad society, but they have chosen to become good. 1st person: Is that preordained, or is it by free choice? 2nd person: Free choice. What is preordained? You are here of your free choice. If you like, you can sit down and talk with me, and if you dont like, then you can go. That is your free choice. Free choice makes destiny; if I act in goodness, then my future is good. And if I act badly, my future is bad. That is destiny. Man is the architect of his own destiny. If you are educated, your future is nice, and if you remain foolish, then your future is bad. Future destiny depends on present action. This life is an opportunity to make the next life, and if we behave like human beings, then in our next life we will go back home, back to Godhead. But if we behave like animals, then in the next life we will take animal bodies. Thats all. All this is very nicely described in Bhagavad-gītā. The conclusion is that human beings are meant for understanding God, but if we waste our time understanding dog, and if we become attached to dog, then we will become dogs in our next life. And if we are attached to God, we become like God, in our next life. The choice is ours. 2nd person is A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (Founder Acharya of Iskcon)
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 07:03:20 +0000
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