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Desire’s bow and destiny’s noose

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Elections are a time to express desire, while the time in between is to face our destiny. For the arrow of our desire…

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Published April 25, 2019 · 3 min read
desire’s bow and destiny’s noo

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist

Elections are a time to express desire, while the time in between is to face our destiny. For the arrow of our desire creates the noose of our destiny. In Hindu mythology, desire and destiny are the two principles governing all life. Desire propels action; action creates reaction; and reaction creates the circumstances we experience from which we cannot escape. In other words, desire eventually creates destiny.

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