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I love KFP and this article as well, but this one seems a bit off? > "One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it." > Life Lesson: You bring a

I love KFP and this article as well, but this one seems a bit off? > "One often meets his destiny on the road he takes to avoid it." > Life Lesson: You bring about what you focus on, whether good or bad. Oogway tells Shifu about his vision that Tai Lung will return, in response Shifu orders that guards and arms at the prison should be doubled to prevent Tai Lung's escape. Oogway then response with that line, which is basically saying no matter what he does, he's not going to prevent Tai Lung's escape. So the quote seems to be more about the wisdom of accepting your current circumstances so that you can better deal with them (the quote about stilling your mind comes right after.)

moviewise 5y ago
> Oogway then responds with that line, which is basically saying no matter what he does, he's not going to prevent Tai Lung's escape. This is the difference between fate and destiny. If what we do does not matter, then that is fate, which is very confining, like a prison where you are restricted from having any meaningful impact on your own life. If fate were true, we could all just sit in a room quietly, waiting for fate to intervene and lead us by the nose down a path we never expected. But that doesn't sound like the life we experience. We do make choices, those choices have consequences, and our lives are different because of the paths we took. This is destiny, and it has to do with what we choose to focus on, good or bad. If you spend your time doing things that are healthy for you and others, you and those around you become healthier. If instead you choose to focus on potential catastrophes, then that is what you and those around you experience. And this kind of focus will likely enable the catastrophe to materialize because part of you will be working to fulfill this negative expectation to justify all the life that was wasted in worrying about it. I believe this is a tenet of Karma in Jainism: "There is no retribution, judgment or reward involved but a natural consequences of the choices in life made either knowingly or unknowingly." "a good and virtuous life indicates a latent desire to experience good and virtuous themes of life. Therefore, such a person attracts karma that ensures that their future births will allow them to experience and manifest their virtues and good feelings unhindered" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation

moviewise 5y ago

> Oogway then responds with that line, which is basically saying no matter what he does, he's not going to prevent Tai Lung's escape. This is the difference between fate and destiny. If what we do does not matter, then that is fate, which is very confining, like a prison where you are restricted from having any meaningful impact on your own life. If fate were true, we could all just sit in a room quietly, waiting for fate to intervene and lead us by the nose down a path we never expected. But that doesn't sound like the life we experience. We do make choices, those choices have consequences, and our lives are different because of the paths we took. This is destiny, and it has to do with what we choose to focus on, good or bad. If you spend your time doing things that are healthy for you and others, you and those around you become healthier. If instead you choose to focus on potential catastrophes, then that is what you and those around you experience. And this kind of focus will likely enable the catastrophe to materialize because part of you will be working to fulfill this negative expectation to justify all the life that was wasted in worrying about it. I believe this is a tenet of Karma in Jainism: "There is no retribution, judgment or reward involved but a natural consequences of the choices in life made either knowingly or unknowingly." "a good and virtuous life indicates a latent desire to experience good and virtuous themes of life. Therefore, such a person attracts karma that ensures that their future births will allow them to experience and manifest their virtues and good feelings unhindered" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reincarnation