We would like to explain the difference we perceive between fate and destiny - terms that most people hold synonymous but that we believe have fundamental distinctions.
Fate is something beyond your control, a future that you are drawn to inexorably. Fate is the negation of free will to an end that may or may not be to your benefit. Fate is like a hole, and once you fall down it, there is no turning back.
Destiny is a little more proactive. There is a future waiting for you, but it is not inevitable. Every step of the way you must make a conscious decision to continue on what comparatively may be best described as a path. Destiny is a path that you choose to walk down, and there are many crossroads for you to exercise your free will. A future is offered, but you have to make the choice to follow it for good or for bad.
Which term do you think best describes Humanity's present situation?
More importantly, which would you prefer?
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Balance, like objectivity, must always be sought but can never be attained...
Welcome to the end and to the beginning. As human kind embarks on its last leg of an incredible technological and cultural acceleration, there are those of us that feel what is happening, but are confused about what we can and should do about it. What does it mean? where are we going? No one has all the answers, but some ask the right questions.
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Love and Fear
One of the most important dualities in the universe, love and fear influence almost every aspect of the human experience, for better or worse. Quite often human beings are motivated by one or the other or, more often, a complex combination of the two, as with most things.
This is an important thing to understand about dualistic philosophy. "Good" is never a particular extreme - even when compared to something as innocuous and positive as love. Unquestioning love can get you into as much trouble as unrelenting fear. Love and fear are not "good" and "bad" respectively or even vice versa - you may"love" something harmful (a destructive relationship or drug habit), or "fear" something quite dangerous and worth avoiding (perhaps you fear your children running into the road- in which case your fear is likely to motivate you to protect your children).
And this is the crux of most mature dualistic philosophy - That anything taken to an extreme will begin to resemble its polar opposite. this is the principle of the yin and yang symbol - at their strongest, the two extremes contain the seeds of each other. seeds that will destroy the yin or the yang from within, and restore the universal tendency for balance.
This is an important thing to understand about dualistic philosophy. "Good" is never a particular extreme - even when compared to something as innocuous and positive as love. Unquestioning love can get you into as much trouble as unrelenting fear. Love and fear are not "good" and "bad" respectively or even vice versa - you may"love" something harmful (a destructive relationship or drug habit), or "fear" something quite dangerous and worth avoiding (perhaps you fear your children running into the road- in which case your fear is likely to motivate you to protect your children).
And this is the crux of most mature dualistic philosophy - That anything taken to an extreme will begin to resemble its polar opposite. this is the principle of the yin and yang symbol - at their strongest, the two extremes contain the seeds of each other. seeds that will destroy the yin or the yang from within, and restore the universal tendency for balance.
Balance, like objectivity, must always be sought but can never be attained...
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