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Chapter :01.Destiny-The concept……………….008-030
Chapter :02.Destiny-Envisaged by scriptures.. 031-035
Chapter :03.Destiny-Is it predictable?………….036- 043
Chapter :04.Destiny-Philosophical aspects…...044-057
Chapter :05.Destiny-Reincarnation,karma
                                   and past lives……………..058-071
Chapter :06.Destiny-A metaphysical
                                    Interpretation……………..072-077
Chapter :07.Destiny-Is it determined by
                                   heredity…………………......078-090
Chapter :08.Destiny-Modelling destiny...............091-100
Chapter :09.Destiny-Global plan………………… 101-107
Chapter :10.Destiny-Individual plan……………..108-117
Chapter :11.Destiny-Can it be shaped…………..118-142
Chapter :12.Destiny-How it happens…………….143-155
Chapter :13.Destiny-Does it exist
                   or it is , freewill…………….156-167


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CHAPTER 1
Destiny Unfolded;
Destiny  - The concept.


          Destiny or fate is a pre-determined course of events. It may be conceived as a pre-determined future, whether of an individual or in general of anything. This concept is based on the belief that there is a fixed natural order to the cosmos. Although often used inter changeable, words ‘fate’ and ‘destiny’ have distinct connotations.    Fate is a power or agency that pre-determines the course of events, so that events are inevitable and unavoidable. In Islam, fate or qadar/taqdeer is the decree of allah. Hindu mythology also defines fate as decree of vidhata, the supreme lord. Destiny is used with regard to the finality of events as they have worked themselves out ; and to that same sense of destination, projected into the future.
          In normal speaking, destiny and fate are synonymous but they have been given inherently different meanings in philosophy. In Christian philosophy, destiny is a manifestation of will to live which can, at the same time, mean by living fate. This will to live is the very basis of human behavior.        Fate on the other hand is pre-ordained course of events which cannot be changed by maneuvering or intervention of any kind. Many Greek legends and tales teach the futility of trying to outmaneuvering an inexorable fate that has been correctly predicted. There is one more term used in a synonymous connotation of destiny and fate. This term is providence or divine providence. In theology this term means God’s intervention in the world.  A distinction can however, be made between general providence the natural order of the universe and special providence which means God’s extraordinary intervention in the life of people.  Miracles generally fall in the second category of divine providence.

          The Jewish philosophers as well as hindu theologists maintain that divine providence means that God is directing or even recreating every minute detail of creation. Both Hindus and Muslims, as well as Christians, believe in the inerrancy of the original Vedic, Kuranic and Biblical manuscripts. The original texts of these religious scriptures have been attempted to be perceived as such or at least substantially similar to what was originally spoken or written. This has been done only to propagate that the original texts were divinely inspired and that has also been preserved throughout the centuries, so they are pure, authenticable and respected.  Some theologists (James Calvin) emphasize total depravity of man and the complete sovereignty of God. God’s plan for the world and every soul that he has created is guided by his will which is the divine providence.  The idea that man has free will and is able to make choices independently of what God has already determined is based only on our limited understanding of God’s perfection and the delusion that God’s purpose can be circumvented.  This is the thought of the theologists of this category. In this mode of thought, providence is related to predestination.  Among Hindus the majority of saints believed in this idea and that is true about the Muslims as well. Among Christians, some Protestant Churches and Reformist Churches identify with this thought. 
          Martin Luther King however differed a little from it. According to him divine providence refers to God’s preservation of his creation and his co-operation and his guiding and sustaining the Universe. While God co-operates with both the good and evil, but with the evil deeds he does so only in as much as they are deeds not with the evil in them. God concurs with an act and its effect but he doesn’t in the evil of the effect. According to King, divine providence began when God created the world with everything needed for human life, including both physical things and natural laws.  Everything the people have is given and preserved by God, either directly or indirectly or through other people or things.  divine providence in relation to man is the ‘foresight’ and related to the God as providence.
Luck is another name given to fate. According to the Webster’s dictionary, luck is a purposeless, unpredictable and uncontrollable force that shapes events favorably or unfavorably for an individual group or cause. A more simpler definition of ‘luck’ would be ‘events that influence one’s life and are beyond one’s control’.
          In the perspective sense, luck is supernatural and deterministic concept which prescribes that there are forces (e.g., God’s or Spirits) which prescribes that certain events occur very much the way the laws of physics will prescribe that they will occur.  It is in this sense only that people mean when they say that they do not believe in luck. In the descriptive sense, people speak of luck after events which they find to be fortunate or unfortunate and may be improbable or even impossible. Therefore, cultural views of luck vary from perceiving luck as a matter of random chance to attributing it to the explanations of faith and superstition. Daniel Dennett said that ‘luck is mere luck’ rather than a property of a person or thing whereas Carl Jung viewed luck as synchronistic or a meaningful coincidence. The word ‘luck’ probably entered the English vocabulary as a gambling term and the context of gambling remains detectable in the words connotations, i.e., luck is one of the way of understanding a personal chance event; but luck has three aspects which make it distinct from chance or probability.
·        luck can be good and bad.
·        luck can be accidental or chance.
·        luck applies to sentient beings.
Some examples of luck are:
-       Being born in a wealthy/rich/royal family.
-       Finding a valuable object or money.
-       Winning an event even when all the odds were un favorable.
-       Correct answer to a question in a quiz.
-       Avoiding an accident at the last moment when it seemed sure.

Earlier to adoption of the word ‘luck’, the English language expressed the notion of good fortune with the word ‘speed’. Speed and good fortune taken together meant ‘prosperity, profit and abundance’. It is not associated with the notion of probability or chance but rather with that of fate or divine providence.  Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fate or luck, was popular as an allegory in medieval times.

Luck refers to that which happens to a person, which is beyond the control of that person. This view incorporates phenomena that are chance happenings i.e. place of birth of a person, but in which no uncertainty is involved or the uncertainty is irrelevant. Within this framework one can identify three different kinds of luck:

1)      Constitutional luck – is the luck with factors that cannot be changed i.e. place of birth and genetics.

2)      Circumstantial luck – is the luck with factors that are brought on haphazardly i.e. accidents.

3)      Ignorance luck – is the luck with factors one is not aware about and can be identified only in hindsight.

The rationalists only believe that ‘luck’ is a probability taken personally.  This approach to luck includes the application of the rules of probability and an avoidance of unscientific beliefs. They believe that a belief in luck is a result of poor reasoning and wishful thinking. A believer in luck who asserts that something has influenced his or her luck commits the ‘post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy’, which means that because two events are connected sequentially, they are connected causally as well and can be depicted below:

‘A’ happens (luck – attracting an event or action) and then ‘B’ happens.  Therefore ‘A’ influenced ‘B’.

In the rationalist perspective, probability is only affected by confirmed causal connections. A ‘gamblers fallacy’ and ‘inverse gamblers fallacy’ both explain some reasoning problems in common beliefs in luck. They involve the denial of unpredictability of the random events. They therefore think ‘I haven’t rolled a seven all the week, so I should roll it for sure tonight’.   More contemporary authors writing on the subject believe that definition of good destiny is- enjoying good health, good mental and physical capabilities, achieving all important goals of life; having a good appearance and happiness of the mind and not meeting with accidents.
          There are many spiritual or supernatural beliefs regarding fortune.  These beliefs vary widely from one another but most agree that luck can be influenced through spiritual means by performing certain rituals or by avoiding certain circumstances. Luck can be a belief in an organization of fortunate and unfortunate events. Luck is a form of superstition which is interpreted differently by different individuals. Abrahamical religion as well as Vedic religion believes that God controls all the future events. Belief in the extent of divine providence varies; most acknowledge providence as at least, if not complete influence of divine favoritism. The concept of divine grace or blessings as they are described by believers closely resembles what is referred to as Luck by others.
          Meso American religions, such as Aztecs, Mayans and Incas had particularly strong beliefs regarding the relationship between rituals and gods which can be called luck or providence. In these cultures, human sacrifice (both willing volunteers and captured enemies) as well as self sacrifice by means of bloodletting, could possibly be seen as a way to propitiate the gods and earn favors for the city/person offering sacrifice.  Many traditional African practices such as voodoo, have strong belief in superstition. Some of these religions include a belief that third parties can influence an individual luck. Shamans and Witches are both respected and feared, based on their ability to cause good or bad fortune for the persons in villages near them. In India, the vaishnavite and shaivite vedanta schools elucidates the nature of the atman and the powers of the Parmatman .They believe that the Parmatman or the Supreme One is the master of the Universe. He is the one who is in control of the chetanas (sentients) and the achetanas (non sentient).  Nothing can happen without his will. Even the fruits of karma belong to him. While we have to do karma as our duties but we are his tools and do as he prescribed us to act and we are also not the real benefactors of the fruit thereof. Jivatma should surrender everything to the supreme being i.e. Parmatman, leaving aside the worldly pleasures. Having so surrendered to God, a man shouldn’t worry about anything and he should be just an observer to the things moving around him, which is everything destined.
          Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, however taught his followers not to believe in luck. He taught them that everything which happens must have a cause, either material or spiritual, and does not occur due to luck, chance or fate. In the Sutta Nipata, Buddha has been recorded as having said:
“whereas some religious men, while living of food provided by the faithful make their living by such low arts, such wrong means of livelihood are palmistry, interpreting dreams, astrology, divine signs, bringing good or bad luck, invoking the gods or goddesses of luck……”

The monk Buddha refrains from such low arts and such wrong means of livelihood. However, later on the Buddhists started wearing takruts (verses) and amulets which were blessed by monks to protect them from any harm and to bring them good luck. 
          The Hindus worship goddess Lakshmi as the goddess of wealth and fortune. In Islam, the concept of luck was originally not there but there was a belief that the actions were determined by Allah on the basis of the deeds of the human beings. There was also the belief that one’s sustenance is pre-determined in heaven. In the Arabic language there is a word which directly means ‘luck’ which is ‘hazz’ and a related word for lucky- mahzuz.  In Urdu, the word related to luck is ‘taqdeer’. In hindi it is ‘kismat’, ‘bhagya’, ‘vidhi’, ‘bhavitavyata’, ‘prarabdh’, etc. So generally all the religions and faiths have their version of luck and divine providence and it directly emanates from the might and invincibility of the supreme being.
          Jean Paul Sartre and Sigmund Freud felt that luck has more to do with a lack of control on the events in one’s life and the tendency of humans to escape from personal responsibility or accountability.  According to this theory, one who ascribed their travails to bad luck will be found to be living very carefree and risky lifestyles. There are four main aspects of luck under psychology i.e. belief in luck, rejection of luck, being lucky and being unlucky. People who believe in good luck are more optimistic, more satisfied in their lives and have better moods. If good and bad events occur at random to everyone, believers in good luck will experience a net gain in their fortunes and vice versa for believers in bad luck. Thus, a belief in good luck may actually be an adoptive meme. This is clearly likely to be self reinforcing or as a self fulfilling prophecy. There may be games depending on luck rather than skill or effort. In poker, especially games with communal board, pure luck may decide a winning hand. Luck in games involve change is defined as the change in a player’s equity after a random event such as a die roll or card draw. Luck is positive (good luck) if the players position is improved and negative (bad luck) if it is worsened. A poker player, who is doing well, is said to be running good. There is no explanation as to how some successful players, who ascribed their profitability to a mix of probability and chance, to explain luck in the game or to understand the part of it in their success. Individual views of the change of winning and what it means to win a lottery is largely explained by statements like the winner was ‘just lucky’ meaning thereby that they contributed no skill or effort. Leaving it to chance is a way of resolving issues also i.e. flipping a coin at the start of the sporting event may determine who goes first.
          Richard Wiesman did a ten year scientific study into the nature of luck. This study has revealed that, to a large extent, people make their own good and bad fortune. It further revealed that lucky people generate their own good fortune via four basic principles:
1)      They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities.
2)      Able of making lucky decisions by listening to their intuitions.
3)      Able to create self fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations.
4)      Able to adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.

          Researches have suggested that good luck and good mood often go together and that lucky people are happy and optimistic whereas unlucky people are anxious and depressed. Although previous studies have explored the antecedents and consequences of luck using attribution theory, personality traits and variables and more recently they have followed a cognitive priming approach, research on the underlying mechanism of how luck influences consumer judgment and behavior, has been noticeably  absent in these past studies. Moreover, in much of this previous work, luck is manipulated in a way that it is very likely to elicit positive effect as well. Thus it is difficult to articulate as to whether the observed effects of luck are due to chronic belief about luck, temporary changes in how lucky the people feel, or because of changes caused by the positive effect that is experienced. Their research showed that, priming participants subliminally with luck related stimuli made them feel luckier and happier. It was also found that the effects of priming luck, using subliminal messages, increased participants’ estimates of the likelihood of favorable events, their participation in lotteries, the amount of money they invested in relatively risky financial options, and these effects appeared to be mediated by temporary changes in their perception of luck rather that by effect.

          The nearest word to change or luck in science is probability. So we should understand the concept of probability also. The word probability is used to quantify an attitude of mind towards some proposition of whose truth we are not certain. The proposition of the interest is usually in the form of the question ‘Will a specific event occur?’ The attitude of the mind is in the form of one more question ‘How certain are we that the event will occur? This certainty can be described in terms of a numerical measure, and this number can be anywhere between 0 and 1 (where 0 indicates impossibility and 1 indicates certainty).  So the probability of some event to occur can vary from 0 i.e. impossibility to 1 i.e. certainty.  But this probability, according to the science of thermodynamics can never be zero and can also never be one. So nothing is impossible in absolute terms and nothing also is certain in absolute terms.    But relatively speaking, the higher is the probability of an event, the more certain we are that it will occur.  A simple example would be the toss of a fair coin. Since the two outcomes out of this spinning of the coin are deemed equiprobable, the probability of ‘heads’ is equal to the probability of ‘tails’ and each probability is ½ of equivalently at 50% chance of either ‘heads’ or ‘tails’.  (Here the chance or probability of the coin not dropping flat and instead standing straight has been presumed to be zero, though it is not impossible and can happen once in a while).
          These concepts have been given an axiomatic mathematical derivation in probability axioms, which are used widely in such areas of study as mathematics,statistics,finance,gambling,physics,artificial intelligence/machine learning and memorizing, computer science and in philosophy also to draw inferences about the expected frequency of the events.  When dealing with the experiments of the events that are random and well defined in a purely theoretical setting (like tossing of a fair coin), probability describes the statistical number of the outcomes considered divided by the number of all outcomes (tossing a fair coin twice will yield ‘head – head’, ‘head – tails’, ‘tails – head’ and ‘tails – tails’ and all four are equally possible to occur).
          When it comes to practical applications however, there are two major competing categories of probability interpretations, whose follower’s possess different views about the fundamental nature of probability.

1)      Frequent probability / Propensity probability: -  The Frequent Probability means that the probability of a random event denotes the relative frequency of occurrence of an experiment’s outcome when repeating the experiment. This interpretation considers probability to be the relative frequency ‘in the long run’ of the outcomes. The Propensity Probability means that probability is the tendency of some experiment to yield a certain outcome, even if it is performed once only. These are the views of objectivists.

2)      Bayesian probability:-  On the other hand, subjectivists believe that probability is the ‘degree of belief’ which is interpreted as ‘the price at which you would buy or sell a bet that pays 1 unit of utility if E = O if not E.’  The most popular version of this kind of probability is Bayesians Probability, which includes experts knowledge as well as experimental data to produce the probabilities. The expert’s knowledge is represented by some prior probability distribution. The experimental data is incorporated in a likelihood function. The produce of the prior and the likelihood, normalised, results in a posterior probability distribution that incorporates all the information known to date.

What does science say about destiny and how can we live with it?
How much control do we have over our lives?
Do we have a say in what happens to us, or are we bound by fate that is set in the stars?
Most religions proclaim fate as part of a divine plan that we need to take upon faith, without questioning the underlying reasons. Yet, we are still going to be held accountable for our actions and choices. Cause and effect, actions and consequences, fate and free will. Where does one begin and the other end? From ancient civilizations to modern day philosophers and thinkers, we’re no closer to finding a conclusive answer as to how much control we have over our destiny. We all make choice, still we feel constrained by circumstances beyond our control. No one can predict success and failure, joy and sorrow, health and sickness, and all the gray areas in between. I thought maybe I’d to look into science. Is there scientific evidence that proves or refutes fate? Below given is my feeble attempt to answer the question. What science tells us about fate? Please keep in mind as you read notes, that they’re very basic. I have little understanding of physics and neuroscience.
Beyond  conscious awareness.
Researchers found that most of the processes (for example, breathing, moving. eating) are automatic and are executed without much conscious awareness. Modern brain scans show that unconscious activity occurs a few seconds before the conscious activity in other areas of the brain. It appears that the subconscious mind decides first, even when we think while making a conscious choice. Does fate reside in our subconscious programming? It appears so, until we dig a bit deeper.
Quantum uncertainty.
The motions of galaxies, stars, and planets follow strict cosmic laws of cause and effect. However, on a subatomic layer of existence, things are different. On a quantum level, nothing is determined until you look at it. According to the uncertainty principle, it’s impossible to ever know the exact location of a particle and its movement at the same time. Our observations, or the slightest actions or interference, can cause the incredibly small particles to behave differently. Meaning, our choices change outcomes. But if we take it one step further, order starts to emerge at a much unfathomably smaller scale.
The Plank  scale.
Nobel Prize winning physicist Gerardt Hooft believed that despite the unpredictability of quantum particles, the entire existence follows strict rules.
On the Planck scale (the bottom layer of existence), the universe movements are binary, where one frame only interacts with the adjoining frame. On our level of perceived reality, we can’t see, or comprehend the extremely fast calculations, and the minute scale that trillions upon trillions of times tinier than the width of an atom. What appears random or chaotic may be encoded into the most fundamental level of existence. This leaves little room for chance and choice. Who knows if we’ll ever be able to test this theory though?
Where free will and choice reside?
All events, even quantum events have a definite starting and ending point. But there is uncertainty as to what happens in between. One can say quantum physics creates flexibility in the middle, where we might have a chance to control some aspects of our lives- but not on a significant level. It appears that we have little control over our lives. But that doesn’t mean we can’t still be willing participants in our own experiences. Living with fate, if we cannot change what happens to us, how can we live with it? The most wonderful and dreadful thing about destiny is that we will never know, until the future arrives as the present. The end points may be fixed, but we don’t know precisely how we will reach them. The quality of our life depends on how we deal with this uncertainly. Here are a few thoughts. The inevitable cannot be avoided. We do make choices every single moment , from the mundane to what appears to be the most life changing decisions and we feel we have some control. But there are events that we cannot change, or even understand-no matter how hard we try. Events like serious illness, loss of loved ones, macro economic downturns, financial crises, famine, war, and all the causes that may lead to death or suffering don’t fall under our direct control. We can try and minimize some of the risks, but there are eventualities that will take place. The sooner we accept this, the better we can cope, and live, with the unknown inevitable. Even the positive outcomes and achievements that we think we’ve earned might’ve been prewritten in our book of destiny.  
The duality of life, what fate is and is not. Life events unfold within two contrasting sides and all of the possible in between. We, like other aspects of life, are destined to experience some of these contrasts and a shade or more of the in-betweens. A deterministic fate might feel depressing or exciting... limiting or liberating, depending on how you look at it. Here are a few thoughts about how we might view fate.

Fate is:
Unknowable: we can’t know, with accuracy, what will happen the next moment, let alone a year, or a lifetime from now.
Unpredictable: Events may unfold in ways that defy common sense and all of our statistics and predictions.
Moderate and  extreme :  fate can be viewed as a friend  bestowing upon us good fortune beyond our wildest dreams, or as an enemy handing us the most painful and shocking of experiences. It can also go unnoticed as it mildly guides our day to day life.
Fate isn’t:
An excuse to give up: no matter what happens, it’s within our control to choose kindness, to do our best, or to do the right thing. Our tiny actions may not matter much from a cosmic perspective, but we will be at peace with our choices.
A weapon to use against others: fate works on its own terms. And maybe, just maybe, other people’s choices that we find reprehensible are governed by a universal fate that we can’t understand. In this case, we can choose compassion instead of harsh judgement and alienation.
Understandable or explainable: we may never know why certain things happen and how fate works. The more we accept that we may not be in control, as much as we’d like, the more we open up to life.... and trust.
The dance of surrender: life calls the tune, we dance. - John Galsworthy. There is no point in resisting, arguing with, or trying to change the unchangeable and uncontrollable tune of this life. The unknown future may as well determine significant portions of our life, even in this moment. However, it doesn’t have to stop us from being who we are living, breathing, and unique contrasts of creation. Fate may have the final say, but until destiny shows its hand, we do the best we can, accept the consequences of our choices... and trust what will be. We don’t know--- and maybe we’ll never know--- the purpose of this life, or the inner working of fate. We might be ruled by our biology and cosmic laws beyond our control. But between beginnings and endings, we do have some wriggle room. And this is where free will resides, and where we can make conscious choices.
Life is like a game of cards, the hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it, is free will. – Jawahar Lal Nehru
Proof of destiny, predicting destiny;
In many places in India there are thousands of secret books on astrological predictions of all humans of the world. These books were written by ancient yogis of India. Most famous of these books are attributed to Bhrigu and Agasthya yogis. It is said that Bhrigu lived during Daksha period, which was several thousand years before Ramayan period [sinha]. Agasthya lived during Ramayan period [sagar]. Bhrigu invented the astrology and used his yogic power to write these predictions. These books are commonly called Bhrigu Samhita and Agasthya Nadi Samhita. They are written in sanskrit (for Bhrigu) and ancient tamil language (for Agasthya), on palm leaf pages, and are in several volumes. Many original volumes were destroyed during Muslim period. The remaining volumes are scattered all over India. Some centres do not have the original volumes and the readers give false predictions. People from all over the world go there to learn about their destiny. Each horoscope contains several pages. The pages give details of names of the visitor, his parents, and family members. It describes past, present, and future on many subjects of the visitor. Some of them contain medical histories. They also include past and future incarnations of the visitor. Some predictions are written in question and answer form. The questions from visitors own mind. For every visitor, a particular page has to be found out. If that page is not found then the horoscope predictions cannot be given. The page is found from one of many ways: (a) date and time of arrival of the visitor (b) birth place, date, and time(c) horoscope chart etc. For Agasthya Samhita thumb prints are used [oak] to locate the pages. The readers ignore the page if it does not contain their name and date of birth correctly. This shows that the thumb print remain invariant across life cycles. We have seen in past life regression examples that our looks remain invariant too. These are some of the mysteries of nature yet to be identified by modern societies.
Destiny defines everything in our life. So whether a visitor will go to such a samhita place or his page can be found or not is also part of destiny. In fact everything can be and should be interpreted using destiny concept only. It will be clear from the concept of destiny, eternal recurrence, mathematical logic etc. that predicting the future precisely is quite meaningful, although we cannot tell exactly how this happen. This is because we do not know science behind this yogic vision. As we have shown, the science that we study, is full of assumptions, is misleading, and erroneous. Following are some well known predictions which were written in these samhita books.
A four star army general J.N.Choudhary visited one of these centres [singh] where people claim to have some volumes of Bhrigu Samhita. Choudhary was planning to retire from service, but the pundit’s readings of his pages said he will become Chief of Army. Eventually things turned out that way and he was selected as Chief of Army and was appointed for the war against Pakistan.
A political leader, K.M. Munshi visited the place [singh] in 1945. The pundit started reading his horoscope and described his position as a political leader. But the next sentence said, he will have to leave now immediately, without completing the rest of the predictions. Mr. Munshi’s secretary came and reminded him of his appointment that he must honour now and leave the place. This shows how destiny is confirmed, so many thousand years later at some precise moments, and at such level of details in our life.
Another incident in 2007 Pratibha Patil visited for Bhrigu Samhita [Rao] and it was predicted that she will become President of India. Six months later she, an unlikely candidate, became the first woman President of India to hold that office.
The following prediction will show the level of details included in the Agsthya Nadi Samhita [Oak]. Bhrigu Samhita also has similar capability. They mention the visitor’s name, and names of wife, mother, and father, the age of the visitor, number of sons and daughters. Then they describe the birth horoscope signs, position of stars, all written on those ancient pages. They read from the manuscript the education pages. They read from the manuscript the education of the visitor, children’s schooling, and the place of work of the visitor. It talked about undue delay in promotion, break in children’s education, wife’s skin disease, car accident, court case. It described past life sins and good deeds and their effects on the present life. It recommends some pilgrimage or prayers to certain places for correcting sins of past life. It should be understood, that no matter what you do or do not do, the destiny cannot be changed. Thus these remedies are stated as part of destiny also. The destiny is not defined using any kind of if then else type conditions.
In the western world there was a very famous astrologer and palmist named Cheiro (1866-1936), who predicated many great things about many great historical figures of his time. His predictions appeared in many news papers including New York Times. Chiero has many books on these subjects. This is what Mark Twain said about Cheiro and can be found at [nyt]; ‘Cheiro has exposed my character to me with humiliating accuracy. I ought not to confess this accuracy; still I am moved to do so. ’Cheiro predicted the date of queen Victoria’s death, the year and month when king  Edward VII would pass away, the grim destiny that awaited the late czar of Russia, the assassination of king  Humbert of Italy, the attempt on the Shahs life in Paris, and for many others he foretold with equal accuracy the outstanding events of their careers [Ashe].
We do not want to discuss how people do these predictions, whether there is some kind of meaningful methodology or not, all we see is that future can be predicted and not only that, how it will happen is also predictable. We should recognize that there is nothing like ‘meaningful’ in our nature. We cannot understand nature and the yogic power. A conjecture it may be said the location of stars and the astrological calculations only help to identify the place and time of any event. But the detailed description of the actual event can only be described by the divine vision obtained by yogic power. Stars do not describe details. Events are already there, stored in nature. A vision is required to see them. A prediction or forecast is a statement about the way things will happen in the future, often but not always based on the experience or knowledge. While there is much overlap between prediction and forecast, a prediction may be a statement regarding some expected outcome, while a forecast is more specific and may cover a range of possible outcomes. Although guaranteed information about the future is in many cases impossible, prediction is necessary to allow plans to be made about possible developments. Prediction is of two distinct types:
Informal prediction- outside the rigorous context of science, the term prediction is often used to refer to an informed guess or opinion. A prediction of this kind might be inductively valid if the predictor is a knowledgeable person in the field and is employing sound reasoning and accurate data. Such works bring together all available past and current data, as a basis of developing reasonable expectations about the future.
Formal & systematic- come from the testing of formal hypothesis using statistical methods. Ideally formal hypotheses are constructed connecting systematic knowledge of an area which is often generated thorough a literature review. In addition, clear and well thought reasons for the predicted relationship exist. Statistical predications are inferences. One description of statistical inference is that it provides a mean of transferring knowledge about a sample of a population to the whole population and to other related populations which is not the same as predictions over a period of time. Statistical techniques used for prediction include regression analysis and time series analysis and their various sub-categories. Ordinary, to use regression analysis for prediction, data is collected on the variable that is to be predicted, called the dependent variable or the response variable, and on one or more variable whose values are hypothesized to influence it, called independent variables or exemplary variables. For the estimation of variables, often linear functional form is hypothesized for the postulated causal relationship and the parameters of the function are estimated from the data. For the prediction step, explanatory variables that are deemed relevant for future (or current, but not observed) values of the dependent variable are used in the parameterized function to generate predictions for the dependent variable. Prediction in science is a rigorous, often quantitative statement, forecasting what will happen under specific conditions; these statements are made after repeated experiments or observational studies. Sometimes mathematical equations and models or computer based models are used to make such statements. In some cases, instead of a particular outcome, probabilities of the one or more outcomes are predicted as in quantum physics. Even through scientific methods accurate predictions are almost impossible in many areas such as natural disasters, pandemics, demography, population dynamics and meteorology. An occurrence of a solar cycle can be predicted, but their exact time and magnitude cannot be predicted.                                                                                          Finance: mathematical models of stock market behaviour are very unreliable in predicting the future trends of a particular stock or the stock/commodity market as a whole.
Sport: predicting the outcome of a sport event has become a big business and has grown in popularity also. The outcomes of the games are predicted using a variety of formulas (mathematical) and simulation models or quantitative analysis. These prediction systems are typically and simulation models based on regression analysis. But there are consistent errors in these predictions.                                                                               Opinion polls: in politics the opinion polls are often used quite accurately to predict election results via political forecasting techniques.   Supernatural predictions: predictions have often been made, from antiquity until the present by using paranormal or supernatural means, such as a prophecy or by observing omens and portents. Methods including water divining, astrology, numerology, taro card reading, fortune telling, dream interpretation and many other forms of divination have been used for millennia to predict the future. These techniques however have not been proven by scientific experiments. Divination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occulted standardized process or ritual. It is an integral part of witchcraft and has been used in various forms for thousands of years. Reading certain signs, events or omens, or through alleged contact with the supernatural agency, i.e. an Angel or a God or a Soul is common to these supernatural predictions.
It’s one psychic power that is worth having and it’s the ability to predict the future. Just think of the possibilities that could come from such a great skill. You could predict who would win the super bowl. By winning lotteries you can amass a lot of money. You will never be stuck up/out in a rainstorm without an umbrella. Yes, being able to predict the future would be a whole lot of fun. Look for patterns. Predicting the future is all about understanding patterns and cycles in life. Learn about the past. You can usually tell what a person will do in certain situation based on what he/she has done in the past under similar situations. Practice reading people. Most people give off little clues to the outside world about what they are thinking and what’s troubling them. But if you observe them very keenly and probe deeper into their psyche you can make a prediction about what will happen next in their lives. A majority of the predictions are yes or no answers. Either it’s going to rain or it’s not. Either the baby will be a boy or a girl. So even if you end up guessing, you have a 50% change of being right. This is used as a strategy by the astrologers to predict future in general. Let us discuss just one method for predicting future to see how empirical and presumptive it is.

How to predict the future by using playing cards.

 The method is mentioned as ahead.

1)   Learn the significance of each card and the suit. Find a chart of playing card symbolism at a metaphysical bookstore or cartomancy web site. The cafe astrology site has a comprehensive chart of the entire deck. In brief, the four suits, each contain thirteen cards which represent the thirteen lunar months in an year. The card suits symbolize the four elements of water, fire, earth and air. Heart cards are related to water elements and signify love, happiness and harmony like water which is flowing. Therefore, the heart suit describes romance, family and friendship situations. Clubs relate to fire and indicate achievement, career issues and ambition. Diamonds stand for earth and material issues such as money and social standing , they represent the material and physical realms and intellect/clear thinking. Spades correspond to air and suggest gossip messages or life challenges.
2)   Develop your own card spreads. There is no official card spread for divinity. The card reader determines the spread based on the subject. Think of questions as you shuffle the playing cards and select them. Lay out the cards on the plane and interpret them.
3)   Read your own future first. Prediction requires some degree of self awareness, take time alone to think about your identity, relationships and goals and write down your conclusions in a note book. Develop questions about your life from the conclusions. Shuffle the cards and lay out the spread to find answers. Record the prediction each time you read your future. Track the accuracy of the predictions so that you can see your divination skill progress. Once you see a true pattern of predictions, you are ready to read another person’s future.
4)   Study the subjects. Before you read another person’s future, evaluate his aura, physical presence and moods, take permission to hold his hands for about two minutes because the physical connection can help you understand his/her concerns. Shuffle the cards and ask the subject to think.
5)   Meditate before each card reading. As it empties your mind of any other thoughts to make sure that you’re reading is accurate and clear.
6)   Spread the cards in the way you want and then read them. Reading them means from the placement of cards in a spread and interpret their meaning. This is a bit tricky, especially if you are doing a reading for yourself. And don’t have an open mind for meanings.
7)    Below given is some explanation regarding the meanings of the cards? This is just a simple list of what each card means in general sense regardless of suit. Faces of the court cards (jack, queen, and king) are used to represent the questioner in some readings.
8)   Diamonds represent earth and material issues such as money and social standing, they represent the material and physical realms and intellect/clear thinking.
Ace    - new beginnings/increase in possession.
Two   - opposition or balance/choice to be made/practical.
Three - creativity/communication/reward for a job well done/applied creativity.
Four   - foundation/home established.
Five   -  changes/restlessness/financial struggle.
Six     - harmony/adaptation/help given;
Seven-surprises/consistent efforts paying.
Eight  - karmal/lost inheritance/skill or craft becoming profitable.
Nine   - fortune/material well being achieved/inheritance received. Ten    - completion/new or improved home/letter or document to come.
Jack (zero) - youth (male/female) ambition without focus, sporty,
lively.
Queen - mature female king/practical and ambitious/organised.
King    - mature male/authoritarian.
Joker  -  unexpected/uncontrolled, good protector and provider.

9)   Clubs represents the creative realms and initiatives as well as practical endeavours. They are related to the wands in a regular tarot deck.
Ace   - new endeavour.
Two   - intuition helps in decisions.
Three - helpful people and events.
Four   - personal values set.
Five   -  petty arguments.
Six   -    successful outcome.
Seven - competition; fending off ones adversaries.
Eight   - fortune is communicated through letter, fax, telephone, email.
Nine   - much is held in reserve including strong will and stubborn ness.
Ten   - burden from work take their toll, setbacks and losses.
Jack - sporty, non-academic; lucky and charming.
Queen - ambitious, good head for business, self interests come first.
King   - entrepreneurship; good instincts; spiritual later in life.
10)               Hearts represent the emotional realms and maturity, compassion. Nurturing and comfort, they are related to the cups in a regular tarot deck.
Ace   - new romance/love (could both be an affair or birth of a child).
Two - romance in the air.
Three  - cause for celebration or festivities.
Four  - love and support brings security.
Five  - breakdown of a relationship-sorrow.
Six  - holding on to past memories. Renewing an old friendship.
Seven - day dreaming, unrealistic expectations.
Eight - love letter.
Nine  - a love wish may come true. Over indulgence in food and drink.
Ten   - happiness achieved at home.
Jack (zero)  - impractical/immature/kind but unrealistic.
Queen -- loving and home oriented; supportive; non-ambitious.
King   - Don Juan; sincere; loving; philosophical later in life.

11)               Spades represent the wisdom of old age and obstacles in life and warnings. They are related to the swords in a regular tarot and deck
Ace   - knowledge gained; obstacles relieved.
Two   - torn between two choices; stalemate.
Three - crowd; infidelities.
Four   - rest and retreat; decisions made in calm.
Five   - change of opinion; victory achieved at a cost.
Six -     journey away from difficulties; end of sorrows.
Seven -stealth in dealings; betrayal by trusted ones; minor thefts.
Eight - fear of living a bad situation; military life or imprisonment.
Nine  - losses and worries; (money, health and sleep).
Ten    - weakened health; chronic illnesses – real or imaginary.
Jack (zero) – immature; cold; bossy; delinquent; gang power.
Queen (twelve) - calculating, disciplined, logical, craving power.
King (thirteen) - authoritarian; cold, logical; stubborn; ruthless.
The joker represents and corresponds to a fool in the regular tarot deck. His number is zero and he is considered a wild card. When the joker appears it means that something unexpected or uncontrolled can or has occurred. Only one joker has to be used.
it is clear from the description given above that this art of interpreting destiny also is absurd and unscientific as it is based on certain assumptions regarding significance of tarot cards which has no logic, rhyme or reason. But it’s still a way to approximate or to zero in on the unfolding of destiny, as the other methods are.

Conclusions;
There is a law of nature called simultaneity law. It says we are all simultaneously and interactively connected to each other. This means we are not isolated. If I am not isolated then I cannot be free and therefore I cannot have freewill. There is a global plan in our society. This plan happened because of the simultaneity law. This plan creates our environment and therefore our destiny also. This plan gives us broad framework in which our individual destiny will materialize. If you concentrate and meditate you will be able to listen to your soul. Your soul knows the entire universe precisely and exactly. In your life, your soul and the souls of other people will come, predict, and walk you through your destiny.
We always sing along with our soul as our dearest friend. But we never realize that we are obeying a plan, fearlessly, with the closest partner of our life, the soul. It gives us a call in the morning, we start with its idea of the day, in an untiring unwinding way, without even knowing its meaning and purpose; we smile, enjoy, play, and roll the life with it; we never even recognize who we are playing this game with. Moments come in our life when we realize our soul, we recognize our destiny, and we look up in the sky, the nature, the sun, moon, the earth, and marvel the spectacular game of the global destiny in the heavens.