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Is it Fate or Free will? Which determines our life? If it is fate, then we need not work at all.

Every thing will happen according to the fate. If everything is according to freewill and effort, why one, worthy in all respects fails in his/her efforts; others who are not at all worthy in very many respects are successful in all aspects of life.

In this series, we are going to analyze Fate and Freewill. Readers are invited to post their views without hesitation for a healthy debate. There is an interesting incident in the life of the great seer Ramana Maharishi. One Mrs. P.C.Desai met Ramana Maharishi on 3-1-1946 and asked a question on freewill.

Quoting Bhagavat Gita, she asked Ramana maharishi, If (as Arjuna was told) there is a certain work destined to be done by each and we shall eventually do it however much we do not wish to do it or refuse to do it, is there any free will?

Ramana maharishi replied, It is true that the work meant to be done by us will be done by us. But it is open to us to be free from the joys or pains, pleasant or unpleasant consequences of the work, by not identifying ourselves with the body or that which does the work. If you realize your true nature and know that it is not you that do any work, you will be unaffected by the consequences of whatever work the body may be engaged in according to destiny or past karma or divine plan, however you may call it. You are always free and there is no limitation of that freedom.

From His reply we come to the conclusion that freewill can overcome destiny by not identifying ourselves with the body.

We will analyze the Fate and Free will in the next article in depth.

Santhanam Nagarajan

S. Nagarajan has worked in a reputed automobile firm for over thirty years. As Research and Development Manager, he has designed special vehicles such as O B Vans, mobile homes, EMI/EMC Shielded shelters etc. He has written more than 1300 articles in 16 magazines and published 18 books. He is revealing Eastern Secret Wisdom through T.V. Programmes, magazine articles, seminars, courses. He is conducting one day courses on Self Improvement, Creativity, Feng Shui, Pyramid,Sri Yantra etc. His email address is: snagarajans@gmail.com. He has covered various subjects in his wide range of articles which include Mantras,Yantras, Yoga, Meditation, Astrology, Astronomy, Space Science, Science and Spirituality, Hollywood cinema, Womens? progress, Aura, Significance of Colours, Reincarnation, Divine Geometry, Power of Prayer etc He invites readers to send their views so that a healthy Readers? Forum could be created. As an ardent seeker of Truth, he has collected scientific experiments on mantras, mind ,Auto suggestion etc He has written many articles on para psychology. His articles on Yoga, laughter, efficacy of mantras and sound, Hypnotism, Tele Kinesis, Power of Prayer, Vastu and Feng Shui, Auto suggestion, Success Formula, Out of Body Experience etc are regularly appearing in ezinearticles.com. So far more than forty articles have been published in ezinearticles.com. Interested website designers are invited to create an exclusive website to promote eastern wisdom based on the scientific experiments carried out by scientists and also to exchange views.