SPIRITUAL BEINGS

We are not here by accident or by some incidences of nature. We are spiritual beings learning lessons of LOVE in this Earth School. We come here with our prarabhadh ( accumulated results of our Karamas of past lives ). Our planet ( karam Ktshetra .is created as a place to experience emotions, sensations, feelings and relationships. Here, we are involved in various kinds of actions-  karamas. Most of the things like our parents, place of birth and time of birth and major events of life ( like marriage, having children etc. ) are predetermined according to our destiny. Though our souls are the same , ageless and the traits as described in Geeta, however, according to our prarabhadh, , some are advanced and advance quickly than others depending on our free-will ( though limited but could be quite strong to advance ourselves spiritually). We must make full use of free will to progress in future.

Prarabhadh

This is subject which has been discussed very widely in many discussion groups. Fate or Free will, Destiny or Destination etc. I just want to put my thoughts in a very simple way;

A person is born in a particular family, community and society;
A person is born as male or female;
A person is born in a particular place, a village, town, city, India, Ethiopia, Nigeria or America etc;
A person is born in a desert, an island, mountain .... later, even migrates from one place to another according to his circumstances;
A person is born to be a specific professional- a doctor, engineer, scientist, businessman, or an ordinary laborer; a butcher, hangman, Priest ....
A person is born as a beggar or a rich, a king or a minister, a President or a doorkeeper etc.
A person is born as a believer or nonbeliever; a christian or a Hindu or in a tribal with no faith or religion etc; or later, even may change his alliance from one faith to another;
Thus a person is born in any dual situation which may even be changing from time to time;

But certainly, one has no choice to choose his parents and his siblings though later he has the choice to maintain the relationship with any one around.
Therefore, one thing is very clear and certain that in many ways, one does not have a choice what to be or not to be. That establishes the concept of PRARABDH (cumulative results of our actions in past lives) and one is born as he is born to some one, in some place at some time etc. Later also, most of his actions are governed by his DESTINY / Fate etc. which is controlled by his Prarabdh though individual feels that he is what he is because of his own actions and choice etc.

A few example may be cited here;
Ms Sonia was married to Rajeev Gandhi in Gandhi-Nehru family to be Sonia Gandhi - to be what she is to day;
Accordingly RAHUL JI is born to be what he is to be destined....
While poor Sanjay Gandhi died prematurely...
Obama was destined to be, what he is today.

In fact, all of us are living our life, short or long, which is already destined, or what we are supposed to be and to be doing...