Destiny or hardwork... What matters in life ? Both or only one

You are born in a particular home; you are born as a human being, the color of your eyes, the situations of your birth, everything that goes around you in the universe, all that is destiny. There is no doubt about it. So there is a lot that is just happening and is outside the domain of your free-will. Only call it ‘destiny.’

Let's together go into it and see what is destiny and is there anything called hard work?

Something that you never desired for,and that 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. Right? 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 vaporised. Right? All this is destiny.

A lot of things that we carry inside this body, is destiny. We all know that people are genetically predisposed to diseases. Are they not? Who knows that many one of you sitting here may actually be carrying the seeds of a dangerous disease. All that is destiny. You never wanted it, but you get it. But far more important than destiny is something else.

We are not denying the force of destiny. All that we are 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 understanding. And destiny is nothing compared to that force.

All that destiny means is, external situations. And that external includes the body, because the body too is external to you. You are your center, your body is an external entity. So whatever happens here or there, it’s all just incidental. Accidental, and hence destiny. At the center resides the great power of intelligence, and that power is far bigger than the power of destiny.

whether or not destiny is important, depends on you. If one who has not found yourself, the one who does not live at the core, then he would always be a slave of destiny. There would only be destiny in his life.

Destiny is there, obviously there for everybody. 

The question is that what are you doing to yourself. Nobody has control over destiny. But what is your response to the destiny.

An intelligent man lives in attention, not under the influence of destiny. And the moment he starts living in attention, destiny looses its control on him. now destiny cannot dictate its influence on him.

Man is the only one who has told himself that ‘hard’ work is the key to success

 That is why you are asking this question that what will happen if you stop working hard. It would be wonderful if you stop working hard. Play hard, that is important.

Anything that is substantial, comes from playing hard, not from working hard. Play hard, celebrate like a mad-man. And that is life, not hard work, just play hard. 

"When you are playing hard, then hard work just happens, without your doing"

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