Does luck exist?And even if it does can our rational mind let it to be the reason behind our success and failure?Last night we had a little discussion about luck.I am of the view that luck doesn't exist at all and all results depend on our actions and actions alone.In short luck is nothing but a little mental fabrication.The opposite view was that even if we assume karma to be the reason behind success and failure,there is still an element of doubt when thinking of results and that doubt is eliminated by introducing the variable of luck.
Our way of thinking,beliefs and our general behavior is heavily influenced in the type of environment we live in.By environment I mean religious environment.It is pretty natural for a common human to believe what his ancestors believed because even today with all the advancement in civilization,instruction is considered the best way to impart knowledge from generation to generation and until we come up with something better we have to bear it.A child will follow what his parents say,his parents will follow what their parents said and it will go on and on until they reach a supreme being who was born and imparted it first to them.So with such kind of a background it is not surprising to believe that a lot of things are taken on belief with little or no use of judgement on a personal level.I'm not in the business of criticizing religion and various religious beliefs,not anymore.People are free to believe whatever they want to believe and it should be kept this way.On a personal level I deeply believe in the use of your own judgement when any such situation occurs.I mean the brain is of what use but judgement.So when the situation of deciding on luck arose yesterday,my mind refused to take it on belief and hence I did not agree with what a particular religious text said.All right since I did not present my point there as it was worthless arguing,I present it here,why I don't believe in luck.
Our course is decided by the actions we perform in a given lifetime.If our actions are good we are rewarded,if our action are bad we are punished.While performing actions,the outcome depends mainly on the present but there is of course a little amount of past playing its part as well.By providing priority to the past we undermine the present and hence our actions don't bear the results they should have and again the blame goes to the past.When these instances happen repeatedly it forms a chain and eventually a habit and hence we blame the invisible element for the results and we call that element bad luck.Similarly when we perform an action and see the result has been unexpected or overrated,we undermine our potential and again try to credit that particular invisible element and this time since the outcome is positive we call it good luck.But one thing is similar in both the cases,we are delusional.
This kind of a thing has an impact on us and our surrounding as well.We with our delusional thinking try to influence people around us and force them to succumb to our beliefs,beliefs which even we are not sure of.
Blaming our failures on luck or crediting the same for our success,how do you justify?I don't .Now since I don't want to get in an ideological debate,lets keep it simple and try to find a reason for such kind of a belief.
We humans have always been curious and delusional at the same time.Out of our delusion,we often belief even normal things such as lightening and solar and lunar eclipse to be supernatural simply because we can't find an explaination for the event.Our knowledge of the universe is too little to even mention keeping in view the vastness of universe and the speed with which we are discovering new things.In such a situation keeping the mind open is the key as everyone will agree and religious beliefs if unexplained should be left behind in order for the truth to be clear.Then of course there is still an element of doubt but not paying too much heed to that unknown element we have to keep moving until our goal is reached.
Our way of thinking,beliefs and our general behavior is heavily influenced in the type of environment we live in.By environment I mean religious environment.It is pretty natural for a common human to believe what his ancestors believed because even today with all the advancement in civilization,instruction is considered the best way to impart knowledge from generation to generation and until we come up with something better we have to bear it.A child will follow what his parents say,his parents will follow what their parents said and it will go on and on until they reach a supreme being who was born and imparted it first to them.So with such kind of a background it is not surprising to believe that a lot of things are taken on belief with little or no use of judgement on a personal level.I'm not in the business of criticizing religion and various religious beliefs,not anymore.People are free to believe whatever they want to believe and it should be kept this way.On a personal level I deeply believe in the use of your own judgement when any such situation occurs.I mean the brain is of what use but judgement.So when the situation of deciding on luck arose yesterday,my mind refused to take it on belief and hence I did not agree with what a particular religious text said.All right since I did not present my point there as it was worthless arguing,I present it here,why I don't believe in luck.
Our course is decided by the actions we perform in a given lifetime.If our actions are good we are rewarded,if our action are bad we are punished.While performing actions,the outcome depends mainly on the present but there is of course a little amount of past playing its part as well.By providing priority to the past we undermine the present and hence our actions don't bear the results they should have and again the blame goes to the past.When these instances happen repeatedly it forms a chain and eventually a habit and hence we blame the invisible element for the results and we call that element bad luck.Similarly when we perform an action and see the result has been unexpected or overrated,we undermine our potential and again try to credit that particular invisible element and this time since the outcome is positive we call it good luck.But one thing is similar in both the cases,we are delusional.
This kind of a thing has an impact on us and our surrounding as well.We with our delusional thinking try to influence people around us and force them to succumb to our beliefs,beliefs which even we are not sure of.
Blaming our failures on luck or crediting the same for our success,how do you justify?I don't .Now since I don't want to get in an ideological debate,lets keep it simple and try to find a reason for such kind of a belief.
We humans have always been curious and delusional at the same time.Out of our delusion,we often belief even normal things such as lightening and solar and lunar eclipse to be supernatural simply because we can't find an explaination for the event.Our knowledge of the universe is too little to even mention keeping in view the vastness of universe and the speed with which we are discovering new things.In such a situation keeping the mind open is the key as everyone will agree and religious beliefs if unexplained should be left behind in order for the truth to be clear.Then of course there is still an element of doubt but not paying too much heed to that unknown element we have to keep moving until our goal is reached.
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