人类是他自己命运的缔造者。每个行动都会产生一个相对应的结果。我们有权利选择采取什么样的行动，但是一旦行动过后，就没有了对结果的选择权。结果就是我们的命运，我们是创造命运的人。
举例来说，我爬到楼顶往下跳，当我还在空中时，我的结局是什么？摔到地上死去，这就是我的命运。一旦跳到空中，就无法改变自己的结局了。但如果我不往下跳，就不会产生那样的命运。
如果我服毒了，我的结局会怎么样呢？死去，我无法逃脱这种结局。但是如果我不服毒，便不会产生那样的命运。
如果我去到机场，登上一架开往伦敦的飞机，起飞一小时后，我说“我不想去伦敦了。”航班当局会告诉我什么？“去伦敦是您的命运，因为您已经在飞机上了。”不去伦敦行不通了。
一旦我们采取行动，就会得到一个结果，那便是我们的命运。但是我们可以选择采取哪些行动。如果我们做好事，结局就是好的。如果我们做坏事，结局就是坏的。
我们做出决定、采取行动后，结局就是无法避免的。但我们有各种各样的选择去自我学习，从而明白什么是生活中的最佳决定。这样我们的命运就变成了最吉祥灿烂的。
此生与往世的活动影响着我们的命运。两个人得了相同的疾病，而且经过同样的治疗，一人活下来了，另外一人却死去了。业报法则、因果法则，把我们现在做的和过去做过的每个细节都考虑在内，那决定了我们的命运。
Man is the maker of his own destiny of fate. For every action there is an equal reaction. We have the choice of what action we perform, but after we perform it, we have no choice of the reaction. The reaction is our fate and we are the ones who created it.
For instance, if I go to the top of a building and jump, what is my fate while I am in the air? To hit the ground and die. That's my fate. I can't change my fate once I am in the air. But if I didn't jump at all, I would not have that fate.
If I take poison, what is my fate? To die. I can't escape from my fate. But if I didn't take the poison, I would not have that fate.
If I go to the airport and get on a flight to London and one hour after the flight takes off, I say, "I don't want to go to London." What will the flight authorities say to me? "It's your fate to go to London, because you are on the plane." There is no way what you can't go to London.
Once we perform an act, we get a reaction. That is our fate. But we have the choice to decide what acts to do. If we do good things, our fate will be good. If we do bad things, our fate will be bad.
Destiny is unavoidable after we make our move, after we make our decision. But we have the full spectrum of choice to educate ourselves and understand what is the best decision to make in life. Then our fate will be most auspicious and glorious.
Our past actions in this life and in previous lives influence our fate. Amongst two people who suffer the same disease and get the same medicine, one lives and the other dies. The law of karma, the law of action and reaction, takes into consideration every detail of what we have doing and what we have done, and that determines our destiny.
摘自书籍《The Real You》（真正的你）
作者Radhanath Swami
