Question: – Guruji, I have heard you saying, ‘we become what we think’, and also you have said that nothing is by accident, everything is predetermined. …How can both be true?
Sri Prabhuji:
Dear Atmajyothi, I have spoken about destiny earlier. Predetermined does not mean somebody has predetermined for you. It is your thoughts and actions which create your destiny. What you experience today is predetermined by what you did earlier. What you are today is result of your thinking, your actions in the past. What you do today will determine your future. Nothing is accident. You are the creator of your life.
Student – Guruji, what is vairagya? How it applies or how it comes to householders like me? When does it come or will it never come for a Grihasta like me?
Sri Prabhuji:
Vairagya is detachment. In life we suffer because of our attachments. What we are attached to hurts us most. About house holders please see the posting today on Grihasthas and self realization. Main attachment which causes us karma and hurts is the identification with the body, mind and intellect. We identify with the body, mind and intellect instead of Atma. This attachment can get dropped by listening to the teachings of Spiritual masters. In addition we are attached to many things – posessions, relations …. Over a period of time experience in life teaches us not to be attached. Householders life is not easy. Householders have to work hard, face so many challenges in life. Satsang, Sadguru, Sadhana, Sharanagati, shastra and seva help householders develop the required dispassion and detachment for Self Realization. Experiences in life also brings gradual detachment.