Do you believe in Fate?

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Do you believe in fate? Perhaps all things in one’s life are not “fated,” but maybe a person does have a fate that limits his or her opportunities. If one believes in karma, and the notion of paying “karmic debt” in one’s life, then maybe one has to admit that we are predestined to live life a certain way, or within certain limits, in order to ensure that we have the karmic experience that we “earned” previously. Looking at the example of the Untouchables in India, the tradition holds that these people are in this lowest caste because it is their karma. Whatever they did in a previous life is the reason that they are Untouchables in this life. And only by suffering in this lowest form of human existence, living in the worst conditions, and doing the worst jobs, can they earn good karma to live well in the next life. This is what they believe. Perhaps it is the same for all of us. Maybe we come here with some free will, but only within a certain set of limits. Perhaps in a previous life a person gained success, power and wealth at the expense of others, and maybe this person hurt others and ruined lives in his pursuit of this success. So maybe in this life, he must be on the other side of the situation; he might have plenty of free will, but he will never be able to make choices that will enable him to have success or a good economic situation. Perhaps he must suffer the same situation that he created for others previously. And maybe it is the same in love. It seems as though there are some people who are just “fated” to never find true love in their lives. No matter how much they might want it, and no matter how hard they try, it seems like they always feel the thorns of love, but are never allowed to smell the sweet fragrance. Perhaps their fate, when they feel love the most, is always to always receive rejection and pain in return. Maybe their fate is to always choose the wrong people, and thus never receive love in return. This might be because in a previous life, such a person was cruel, self-absorbed, or not capable of giving love. Perhaps this person hurt others in this way, and now must experience what it feels like to give love, but only feel hurt in return. I know people with wonderful hearts who just never seem to be able to find a happy relationship in which they can express the love that is inside them. It seems as though it is a cruel fate for such people, but the notion of paying a karmic debt seems as good an explanation as any. I guess we’ll never be able to know about it for sure.