Do we choose our own fate?

Fate is what puts opportunities in front of us but our destiny is ultimately determined by our decisions. For instance, if you go to a party and meet the perfect guy that was fate. But what you do about it is your destiny. Our destiny is not something we can sit by and let happen to us.

What is the difference between karma and kismet?

Kismet is fate, something that will happen to you without any known explanation. Karma is your conscious action which goes around a complex domino effect before coming back to hit you. You are the cause, so choose your actions wisely.

What is the difference between fortune and fate?

Fate: Predetermined events, with implications of some underlying plan or logic. Generally used in relationship to larger events, often has supernatural undertones. Fortune: Typically means good luck, although there are overlaps with serendipity, fate and destiny.

Is kismet an English word?

Kismet was borrowed into English in the early 1800s from Turkish, where it was used as a synonym of fate. This was an expansion on the meaning of the original Arabic word that led to kismet: that word, qisma, means “portion” or “lot,” and one early 18th-century bilingual dictionary says it’s a synonym of “fragment.”

Does karma have anything to do with destiny or fate?

Actually, destiny (destination) is where you end up and fate is how you end up there. Everyone shapes their own destiny and destiny is what we become in the end. Karma has nothing to do with destiny or fate. Karma is one of the factors that influence this course.

Is fate a concept or a misguided belief?

I believe, if we can clear Karma, Fate becomes a concept or a misguided belief, rather than a reality and falls away, and our Destiny becomes a goal with which we can become aligned more clearly, with a little work on our part! Fate or pre-destiny is a self-manifesting belief in my opinion.

What is the meaning of fate?

Fate can be called as something that is predetermined. It is something that has been written in your life even before you were born. By fate, it has been already decided that you shoul be born to certain parets, born at a ceratin place, have a wife and children and like that. Fate is that one cannot change.

Is not being able to clear your Karma Ruining Your Life?

Not being able to clear karma can be very frustrating and put a damper on our spiritual growth, personal development, and professional productivity. Fate is something that we believe happens to us.