မေးခွန်းထုတ်စရာ အခိုက်အတန့် များ
Rhys Davids drew the distinction between Fate and Karma. He said the doctrine Karma finds a moral cause for the effects it seeks to explain, while Fate is an interruption to this law. Both depend on a perception of the fact that
happiness and misery in this life are apportioned with an utter disregard for the moral qualities of men, according to the current notions of good and evil.
His examples in glory detail as follows –
If one is oppressed, and his persecutor prospers in the world, the sufferer, if he believed in fate, would think, “this is pre-ordained; I must submit,” and he would try to rectify the balance of justice by assuming a result beyond
what he sees in the darkness of the future.
If one believes in Karma, he’d think, “this is my own doing; I must bear no malice,” He would try to rectify the balance of justice by assuming a result beyond what he sees in the darkness of the past.
So, wrapping up, whether Fate or Karma, what I understood so far is both share the very same meaning regardless of the spellings and sounds of their originated tongue. In addition, their unspoken irony lies in you and your choice to
believe – the darkness of the future or the darkness of the past, which agrees with you the most.
Often, I hear from my inner circle of people say, “it’s our Karma; we must bear and submit,” I wonder if they ever ask themselves, the feelings/ethos/beliefs of theirs are inspired by the religions that make them feel like this (the
darkness of the past that they have no knowledge of) or is it living under a repressive regime for most of their life that had created such a sense of acceptance (the darkness of the future which they do not want to think of)?
Now this leaves us to none other than destiny. Where shall we place it? Is destiny the submissive of Fate and Karma? Does Fate force destiny to bring each of us together, the pre-ordained scenario of our encounters? Perhaps, it is
inspired by Karma as we are in debt to each other, that must pay-off-the-long-overdue-debts of our past life.
Would you rather be happy to settle with the irony of no person is sent to you by mistake in life?
In this world, good and evil often go hand and hand –
“If GOD does exist, why does he allow evils?” asked my colleague, Ko Tin, over lunch break days ago. “The world would have been much better without them,” he added.
The existence of GOD is yet again a subject of debate, whether in theology, philosophy of religions, or popular cultures. Therefore, let’s borrow the mathematical expression of let GOD be an X here.
Why the GOD allows evil? Well, it is the nature of law, so let science rule it out. If there is a light, there must be darkness – this is all about the balancing acts in this mighty world, inn’t? Going deeper will make us wonder
about the concept of good and evil and their existence. We can’t deny the fact that, most often, evil wins over good. Yet again, it’s what you feed & what you stand with, and forget not the consequences of your choice that can
unbalance their existence within you and those around you.
What’s about Love now – is a hell lot of confusion. It exists in many forms and meanings. Many great poets of all times have sung of it.
Love is unfathomable; words are futile to describe it. The definition is endless and varied, yet none satisfies the hearts of those who truly love. David Bowie once said that the greatest thing you will learn in life is just to love and be loved in return.
Yet, when we talk of love, do we often think of pain? Lately, I’ve found myself in a position to recite a poem I came across long ago, a masterpiece of Rupi Kaur, a Canadian poet – which goes:
I long for you.
But you long for someone else’s.
I deny the one who wants me
Because I want you – the human condition by Rupi Kaur.