Life is an Epic Love Story

If there is one thing to learn about the universe and God it is that love itself is the fabric the entire universe is made up of. Life is intended to be a love story of epic proportions. It's here to give you everything your heart has ever dreamed of. Those things that are so bright and beautiful that the mind can't even comprehend it.

We're all conditioned to believe in practicality. To believe life is supposed to follow a standard script, or rules set in place by tradition, society or family. Not only are we taught to be practical, we're conditioned to believe what we are capable of attaining is limited. And that is all utter BS. Well, you can live that way if you want to: no one is going to stop you. We all have free will after all. But the possibility and potential life has to offer is so much greater than any box your mind will put life in. Life is as big as what you'll allow your heart to dream of. 

Free will is what makes the love of the universe a double edge sword: you get what you put your energy into, and if that is the BS in your mind, you'll get BS in life and a mediocre existence. You'll never be fully happy, because a part of you will always know it settled for less than what you know is possible. If you live by the heart, you'll get your hearts desires and more. The amazingness that you are capable of bringing into your life is so awe inspiring that the bliss and joy inside can literally fracture the mind, if you haven't prepared it for greatness.

It takes so much courage to dream, to follow the path of your own heart, and not be influenced by what others want or expect of you. It's the Hero's journey of life. The reason your heart beats is to fulfill your dreams. Every single thing you have in life is based on your dreams and your purpose, down to your physical body's shape and structure. Everything that makes you uniquely you was given to you so that you can fulfill your hearts desires. Think about that for a moment. Think how much God must love you to make you so perfect that you have the potential to draw every single thing you want to you in your life.

Being unhappy is a sign that your mind is running the show and not your heart. The mind is what gets conditioned to the expectation of others. So much so that you might even believe the lie yourself. Be assured, if you are on path and on track to living your destiny, you'll be overwhelmingly happy, even when bad things happen to you and your mind will be silent. Life just can't truly get you down. If you're on track to succumb to your fate, your mind will tell you things are as they should be, or rationalize what's going on. Here's the thing. When the heart leads the way, there is no room for thought, rationalization or justification. The mind does not exist to run the show: it merely reflects the projection of the dreams in your heart so they come true. All the mind ever does is project, and it's up to you to decide if you want it to project the BS you've learned in life about the way things "should be" (like a fucking parrot that has no words of its own) or if you want it to project the vision that God gave you to live a profound life and fulfill your highest calling.

There are certain rights of passage into manhood and womanhood, and the most impactful one is the lesson of being fully yourself, and learning to be uniquely you. These rights of passage don't come with age, they come with maturity, and some people will never get it, regardless of age. It reminds me of chapter 1 in Gita, where Arjuna is on the battlefield and realizes he has to fight against his friends, family and elders if he is to fulfill his own dharma as a warrior. And so is life. You can't be a parrot of other peoples dreams and expect to live your own. You must listen to your own heart. Here's the thing: you can do it. You can do anything you fully put your heart to, no matter how difficult it may seem. I am living proof of that. Life will give you everything you can dream of if you have the courage to follow your heart and be true to yourself.

Destiny, Fate, Karma and Free Will - Everything You Need To Know

Someone asked me a great question. How do you reconcile free will with either the concepts destiny or karma? Let's take a look at this because it's an important concept. I like to conceptualize it like in this diagram, where free will is the central point:

Before we get started, let's first define the terms being used here

Karma literally represents cause and its effect. In this sense it's defined as any situation that happens to you in life, and what you did previously for that situation to be brought to you.

Dharma is the way in which you are intended to live your life, based on your individual temperament and constitution that comes from your unique energy type. This has nothing to do with the concepts of good or bad - It has to do with living your life's purpose and being fully aligned with your innate nature (your unique energy type).

Destiny is the greatness that comes to you in life, based on how well you navigate your karma and dharma through free will in order to live your life's purpose. Destiny happens when you learn the lessons from karma and use all of your life's experiences as a way to support your life's purpose (even and especially the negative things). This comes from discipline, consistency, gratitude, how well you know yourself and overall good decision-making capacities.

Fate is what happens when you have weak will-power and lack of ability to follow through on what you know is right and best for you. When you use free will to make bad decisions that go against your innate nature, or don't learn the lessons from your karma, fate happens.

Free Will is our capacity to make decisions in life and express our desires to the universe. While you can't control your karma or dharma (because dharma comes from your unique energy type and karma is merely cause and effect), you can use free will to steer the outcome of what happens to you in life. After all, life is not about what happens to you, but how you choose to respond to what happens.

Let's look at how they work together

Destiny and Fate are two sides of a single spectrum, just as Karma and Dharma are two sides of a single spectrum. Free will sits right in the middle and determines where on this diagram you end up in life. It's the force that controls which direction you move in. Karma and Dharma are both neutral concepts used to navigate you towards Destiny or Fate and cannot be labeled as good or bad. You can label Destiny and Fate, however, because this spectrum is a direct reflection of how you've navigated the challenges of life, for better or worse.

The Karma/Dharma line relate to Being, or the Shiva transcendental aspects of life. You can't change them. They just "are," whereas the Destiny/Fate line is totally up to how you play the game of life. It's the changeable aspect of Shakti and Prakriti. Karma and Dharma enable you to know who you are, through the experience of life. How well you exert your free will is the sole factor that determines the outcome of your life. While you can't change the Karma/Dharma line, you have absolute control over whether you move towards Destiny or Fate. That's what makes life life, and what makes it worth living.

Emotions and how they contribute to Destiny or Fate

Certain emotions can lead towards fate if you leave them unmanaged, including fear, anger, blame, avoidance, escapism, bitterness and other related emotions that weigh you down. If you're heading in a bad direction, the good thing is you can always choose to change by realizing it's your own responsibility to shape the outcome of your life, despite what happens in life itself. Positive emotions including confidence, fearlessness, faith, trust, openness, hope, love, faith and joy are all emotions that will help you make good decisions in life that will lead you closer to your greatness and Destiny.

If you learn from your life's experiences (even and especially the difficult ones) letting them mold you in accordance with your life's purpose and what's in your heart, you'll learn to use free will as the most powerful gift and tool life has to offer. It takes courage, faith and gratitude to do this, though, so persevere and always believe in yourself!

Moving towards Destiny takes a lot of hard work, accountability, discipline and integrity, but the rewards are beyond measure. Life really is up to what you make of it, so choose your thoughts and actions wisely!