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Destiny Is TRASH: Why You Always Have a Choice || Acharya Prashant, PES Goa (2025)
Acharya Prashant
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Destiny
Free Will
Self-awareness
Inertia
Agency
Livelihood
Randomness
Clarity
Description

Acharya Prashant addresses the misconceptions surrounding destiny, work, and the human agency. He argues that the popular concept of destiny—the idea that everything is pre-written—is often used as a dirty trick to justify laziness, cowardice, and a lack of ownership over one's life. While acknowledging that the physical world contains randomness and unpredictable events, he emphasizes that humans always possess the agency to choose their response to these external circumstances. He asserts that surrendering this agency is equivalent to being dead while alive, and that true freedom lies in maintaining the power of choice even in the most difficult moments.