Is it possible things happen as they are supposed to, naturally?

Question

We're so quick to argue against the possibility of fate or destiny, but I wonder if it's possible that things will be as they are, and are as they should be. The saying "hindsight is 20/20" is a persuasive example of that kind of notion. All our peripheral and central experiences serve or will serve a purpose, and even the dormancy of some experiences will have an impact on the organism's expression.

Why do you think we react so strongly against "meant to be"? How is it that we "are" at all, if we are not the sum of our experiences?

Answer 1

All things (situation A) are fate and destiny. If it were any other way (as situation B), then that situation B would be fate and destiny instead. What has and will happen is always the way it's supposed to be because it is the only reality.



We react against what is "meant to be" because we don't want things to be as they are. Some people seem to derive comfort from telling themselves something had to happen because of divine interference, but I don't believe in this type of fate at all. The future is not pre-determined.



We "are" the sum of our experiences, but there is no actual "we". Our bodies are producing, growing and dying every second- your outer lay of skin right now is not at all the skin that was there 1 year ago, and so is much the rest of the body. Rather than being like a solid rock, we're a lot more like a fire, which while conveniently feeling like a single fire is actually a different entity each second as well.

Answer 2

Are we all so quick to argue against destiny? I know many here who have asked the question. And also, fate. So let's not assume we "all" are questioning it.



What I do want you to see is that there is only NOW. NOW is all that has ever existed. Yesterday is gone, never to return. Tomorrow is yet unwritten by YOU. So notice, everything always happens right NOW.

There has never been anything else but.



So the naturalness that you speak of, is your own naturalness. You are right, we each generate our own destiny, every moment we live, by choosing, electing and deciding who and what we will think, say or do right NOW. The problem is, most people want to disown the consequences of the choices. They want to discard the experiences that result from these choices...and assign them instead to "others."

This, they call, FATE. FATE is an acronym which means, From All Things Everywhere. It is easy to disregard your own choices in life and pin the responsibility upon others - and that is exactly what the word destiny means - it means, irresponsibility.



You are the one who is doing the choosing, although you may not be consciously aware of what part of you is doing that...and so it seems, that others are doing things to you. But at a higher level than your consciousness, you are choosing every moment.



What others do, is irrespective of YOU, because you are the one, who chooses, how you feel, think, say or do about that. You can choose to ignore if you want to and do nothing. There are ALWAYS alternatives, even in situations where you think you have none.



In my opinion, destiny is all your choices as a summation. Fate is your blindness in seeing how you created it.



There is such a thing as the collective consciousness of humanity and that is a much more powerful thing than the individual consciousness - so things happen in life from that aspect as well - but just remember, you too, are a part of the larger body of humanity, thus, you are a part of and contributor to the collective. There is no way to escape the fact that you are not separate, but entirely integrated, with the entire process of life.

Answer 3

Preordained? Wow, that's a five dollar word. It's loaded with your daily amounts of spiritualism. I say we complicate things to no end. We not only expect things to happen in order we create philosophies around it.



The only preordained reality is the fact that things cycle back and forth and up and down. Because of this cause of nature we try to read the future. Your best bet is to sit back for the big ride because there is no telling what's going to happen.



The only thing that is meant to "be" is balance. We may not understand the subtle natures completely yet but most of us don't have a clue about balance. I would think that most balance comes in accepting more of what happens and what "IS".

Answer 4

The possible thing is the matters around us/our surroundings which have been or already reach by our consciousness. Naturally does't mean that all natural things are based on what have happened already and we have already leard from it. But same natures cannot yet explained especially if it will not yet verifyable by human measurements. Its about what we have understand on our present and past experience. I think there is difference between the affected and the one who make the person affected.

The worldly knowledge might not be fully complete in terms of Universal wisdom and spiritual movements unlessthose are already available in the present times of obserations.

Answer 5

People can be so strong against simply because of ego's, egos basically stop people from thinking outside of the box, well not egos but the central nervous system and other stuff that have to do with the brain, however such natural chemicals or plants such as magic mushrooms or lsd or even marijuana and open up a persons mind or as some poepl say open up the doors...Earth is a very mystical place where very beautiful and amaizng events take place, but a persons ego can literally make a person feel more attached to earth things such as money, power, mind numbing t.v....So it really all comes down to the central nervous system and the ego i believe iam not too sure though if its the central nervous system its something along them lines. Listen to Terrence Mckenna, he has a truley amazing mind.

Answer 6

As long as we have the notion of altering or controlling something to our own desires, it stops being natural and starts being artificial. Still our controls are finite and have limits thus they remain natural at the larger scale.



To say that the human experience is either completely predetermined or that we have total free will is to over simplify that experience. Life is so chaotic because it is the dynamic of different things at work.

Answer 7

I believe that some experiences in life are meant to happen...our son died and I believe that God gave him to us with a lifespan of 20 years for which I am grateful for the years that we shared together.

Answer 8

i agree with you, hindsight reveals to me that everything always turns out exactly as it should. if i changed one thing about the past, everything subsequent to that would also change in unforeseen directions. i'm still alive today, so i've never seen anything i couldn't get through.

"i wouldn't change a thing."

Answer 9

Everything guides us along the path though our choices are not predestined.

Answer 10

Everything that happens is preordained.