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The Gordian Knot of

Self-effort and

Destiny – Part 1

SWAMI ADVAYANANDA

An Imagined Conflict and result from the continuum
of our own actions; the differ-
All of us experience the strife
ing terms ‘destiny’ and ‘effort’
between the present and the arise merely due to the varying
effort to change the present to
time frames through which we
one’s advantage almost all the
look at our own actions. An
time. Hence, we assume there abundant clarity about this
is a perennial conflict between
alone will enable us to compre-
destiny and self-effort. How- hend that there never has been
ever, the acceptance of such a and can never be any conflict
conflict is an error in judgment
between destiny and self-effort
and reveals a lack of clarity and thus help us appreciate the
about what destiny and self-
fact that we are truly masters of
effort are in reality. The truth our destiny.
is, both are rooted in self-effort
Defining Destiny and
Reproduced from Keeping the Rhythm:
The Role of Self-Effort in Destiny, brought Self-Effort
out in the Mananam Series, a CMW
publication. Destiny is the inevitable

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Tapovan Prasad 24 March 2018