posted April 17, 2011 10:33 PM            

Here is how I see it, view it..

I believe that we have a specific destiny to fulfill.. That there is a purpose..

At the same time I dont think everyday is predestined.. Some specific major events, and also some of our meetings with specific people are destined,for a specific time.

I believe how we handle these meetings and events and how we deal is the free will part. We have to choose what to do with these people/events.

Sometimes our choices create karma, sometimes we learn and move forward to bigger and better!

posted April 17, 2011 10:56 PM            

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Originally posted by maira:
Hey Ami! Do not ask, thank
If you're asking, the universe gives you that experience, of not having, of wanting. Have faith that the experience will happen and it will. Be thankful, for it will happen.

'He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."'

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posted April 17, 2011 11:50 PM            

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Originally posted by amowls**:
I don't believe in destiny. I think things can FEEL fated but not necessarily pre-ordained... or at least I feel like a person has many different destinies and any path they choose will lead to a different sort of conclusion (like a Choose Your Own Adventure novel).

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posted April 18, 2011 02:25 AM            

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Originally posted by abcd efg:
Hye maira i remember having read this (2nd para) somewhere as a child but cant recollect where. Can you give the reference please?

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posted April 19, 2011 05:46 AM            

I believe in Destiny, because I went through all possible.
Free Will is one part of Destiny. When somebody has good health, can work and has enough money, he has Free Will: to buy good things, to travel, to have big house or good car.
There are things; people can't buy with the money: True Love! Some of them can't buy own children.

Some rich people get some evil Cancer and there is no money to help them. They get so-called quick Cancer, like Liver or Kidney Cancer. In that case, all is over.
If somebody has car accident and loses his leg, there is no money to buy own leg, back.

I have started to believe in Black Magic, also part of Destiny. One part of me believes, the other doesn't. I have seen somewhere; there are aspects of Black Magic in Natal Chart.

Bobbie

posted April 19, 2011 10:22 AM            

VenusDiSirius

A brilliant man explained Determinism for me and here it is, in my language.

A young man shoots up a school, Columbine style.

Why did he do it? we ask.

Through impossibly in depth analysis we conclude it was because of all his environmental experiences up to this point... that made him who he "is" or at least the one who chose his actions.

All of those experiences...

why did they happen?

Well, one happened because another guy was who he "is" and he was made that by his experiences and the people who influenced them because they are who they "are" for all the experiences that shaped their choices.
These choices, affected by other choices that were affected by other choices... this lifetime or others too... until the Beginning.

the initial burst of energy...
the initial creation.

with a determined outcome
too vast for our comprehension

sometimes
we can taste it, though. <3

Don't stop Believin'

posted April 20, 2011 06:12 AM            

Yesterday I was quitting the day in a bad mood, ego/inner child nerd raging over what in part I believed to be my own stupidity in repeating a behaviour interpretation mistake from high school.

So this morning then, first I find what card Lioness picked for me as 28 ... stay calm, relax etc.

Then I pick my daily tarot card ... the King of Cups (Rider-White), the interpretation on that side being paraphrased "don't listen only to ration, trust your feelings and allow yourself to show them to someone you care about" This is the Knight in some other desks?

Then I go to the car, the clock inside there is 10:44 and the effin radio plays a song about seeing the magic of the stars ...

I am seething ... coincidences or hints for Missy Rational-Scientific. Someone is having a laugh, and it ain't me.

posted April 20, 2011 07:49 AM            

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Originally posted by blugrey:
I'm a Christian... so I believe that everything happens for a reason.

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I'm a Muslim.. so i believe everything happens for a reason too

posted April 22, 2011 05:02 AM            

Thanks, everyone, for all your wonderful answers.

And I leave you guys with these quotes...food for thought

“Watch your thoughts, for they become words.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”

   “I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.”

     “Every man has his own destiny: the only imperative is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.”

     “It (destiny) is what you have always wanted to accomplish. Everyone, when they are young, knows what their destiny is. At that point in their lives, everything is clear and everything is possible. They are not afraid to dream, and to yearn for everything they would like to see happen to them in their lives. But, as time passes, a mysterious force begins to convince them that it will be impossible for them to realize their destiny.” - Paulo Coelho

posted June 02, 2011 09:13 PM            

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1. Something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.
2. The predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events.
3. The power or agency that determines the course of events.

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1. No
2. No
3. A Big YES!

In terms of astrological destiny, no.

When certain chart transits are showing, you should....meet that person, buy a something or do a something. If you lock yourself in a room for the course of your life, these things will not happen to you. It's about what would happen if you did interact with the universe. Could being locked up in a room show in your natal chart? Yes? For the whole life? Harder to work out. This example would isolate the event happening in your natal chart, and make the rest of the gifts you were given by the universe to be a choice that you did not take, a road you did not travel.

I give a thumbs up to this post so you people don't have to.

posted June 03, 2011 01:04 AM            

Yes I think I rather do.

posted June 03, 2011 03:04 AM            

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Originally posted by RMChex:
Yes.

I've had way too many co-incidences in my life to not believe in it. I believe that we can go with destiny, or go against it - or a mixture of both (which is what 99% of people probably do).

The times that I have a bad feeling about something I'm doing, or I know I probably shouldn't but go ahead and do it anyway - are the times I am probably going against destiny, and I usually come to regret my actions. I can usually feel when I'm doing what the stars think I should be, it feels 'right' and I'm at one with myself.

For me, destiny and intuition are linked.

Regards
Rachel

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I've actually come to the conclusion that this is my answer about what destiny is. Thanks so much for writing this Rachel. You helped me out.

Some quotes to think about:

“Simple rules of life: whatever makes you sad, leave it. Whatever makes you happy, keep it!”

“But I looked at everything I had worked so hard to accomplish, it was all so meaningless― like chasing the wind. There was really nothing worthwhile anywhere.” — Ecclesiastes 2:11

"Overcome the notion that you must be regular. It robs you of the chance to be extraordinary."

"Don't let anyone ever call you average. Don't ever settle for ordinary."

"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up." - Paulo Coelho

"Make sure that when you say YES to others, you are not saying NO to yourself." - Paulo Coelho

"I don't want to live. I want to LOVE First and live incidentally."

One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don’t choose your passions; your passions choose you. Jeff Bezos

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear the music. Angela Monet

Hell is not in torture; Hell is in an empty heart.. Kahlil Gibran

“Sometimes the best way to figure out who you are is to get to that place where you don’t have to be anything else.”

“What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own.”
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein

And my goal is to Change The World.

“Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life… Therein he cannot be re placed, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone’s task is as unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it.” – Viktor Frankl “Your work is to discover your work and then, with all your heart, to give yourself to it.” – Buddha “One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests.” – John Stuart Mill “Nothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.” ~ Victor Frankl “Make your life a mission – not an intermission” ~ Unknown “Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you’re alive, it isn’t.” ~ Richard Bach

“Holding on to anything is like holding on to your breath. You will suffocate. The only way to get anything in the physical universe is by letting go of it. Let go & it will be yours forever”. – Deepak Chopra

“Remembering you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.” ~ Steve Jobs.

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive.” – Howard Thurman

“If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Instead of thinking about what you are going to do when you retire, think about how you can do that now and make a living from it.”

“Don’t be pushed by your problems; be led by your dreams.”

“When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live life.” – Greg Anderson

“If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” – Jim Rohn

my favorites are rhe steve jobs one and the one abiut doing for a living what you want to do when you retire