What is fate? Merriam-Webster defines fate as:
The will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do.
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Dictionary defines fate as:
—The universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed; the decreed cause of events; time:
–That which is inevitably predetermined; destiny:
Do you believe fate plays a role in your life. Predestination plays an important role in my own life as can be seen from the preceding link. Are fate and predestination intrinsically bound together? I believe there are events that happen in our lives that were recorded BEFORE we incarnated, things we decided at the moment we chose to return to humanity. As a companion to the last two columns:
You may be asking do I believe fate plays a role in my own life? If you take the first definition by Dictionary:
—The universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed…
…And extrapolate it to a higher power or God then I guess I can say yes. I do believe in fate. If you decipher ultimate agency as something tangible, God then it makes spiritual sense. In my worldview events don’t just happen. There is definitely a design to everything. Meeting my friend, Jeff, for example:
We share the same birthday.
Our mothers have the same first name.
We are both photographers.
That doesn’t just happen.
I can’t drive on the highway.
I live five minutes from work.
Read:
Phone Call to the Future and
You Can’t Always Get What You Want for further reading and understanding of this topic
Clear design in my opinion of a higher power/God working in my life.
In my worldview that doesn’t just happen. I see a clear design. Whether it’s fate or not, that’s up to each individual to decide. I see God everywhere. It certainly doesn’t mean you do as well.
God?
Predestination?
Fate?
All one in the same for me.
Be Happy! Be Well! Be Positive!
Blessings to you.
—
Chris
Once you realize that life is eternal,
That our souls our eternal,
That we return to light and physical over and over;
We then lose all our distress
We then lose all our fear of dying. For there truly is no end.
marge cohen
Thank you, Chris!
Blessings,
Marge
Roy A Ackerman, PhD, EA
I believe we are continually presented with diverging paths- probably only two each time- those paths are the fate- our choice between the two is our self-determination.
Martha J Orlando
I believe God’s hand is in all things, Chris. I really don’t think anything is left to chance, though we do have free will, so we can choose.
Blessings!