Question: <\/b> Swamiji says,\u2019 We are the creator of our own destiny, we can do anything and everything, because ‘ We ‘ are SUPREME….\u2019. But Ramakrishna says,\u2019 We are the vehicle and Lord is the\u00a0Driver…We do what He makes us do…We think what He makes us think and so on…\u2019 How then we became the creator of our own destiny?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Answer: <\/b> Both the statements are perfectly correct from the different standpoints. For the absolute standpoint, the meaning of \u2018I \/ we\u2019 is \u2018Atman\u2019 or Infinite Consciousness. Consciousness is the \u2018Supreme\u2019 and can do anything and everything by its mere wish. In dream the \u2018Dreamer\u2019 creates a separate world, and himself becomes object of the dream and enjoyer of the dream. This is fact we realise when we get up. Similarly, when we realise our true nature as the Consciousness, We create the whole world and become the objects of the world and enjoyer of the world. In this standpoint what Swamiji told is correct.<\/p>\n But, from the relative standpoint I\/we am\/are considering me as a limited individual, an individual with a limited body-mind complex. As a limited individual I am governed by Lord. I am not free totally. That is why Ramakrishna says, \u2018We are the vehicle and Lord is the\u00a0Driver…We do what He makes us do…We think what He makes us think and so on…\u2019 To realise this fact we have to make best use of the little freedom which is given to us in the form of thinking and choosing. Only human being can think and choose which he likes in the life. If we choose a life of Dharma (good actions) and live the life according to Dharma \u2013 not according to our whims and fancies – we can obtain still greater freedom by grace of the Divine, we can realise this fact what we mean \u2018I\u2019 is really not the body-mind complex but, the Infinite Consciousness .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: Swamiji says,\u2019 We are the creator of our own destiny, we can do anything and everything, because ‘ We ‘ are SUPREME….\u2019. But Ramakrishna says,\u2019 We are the vehicle and Lord is the\u00a0Driver…We do what He makes us do…We think what He makes us think and so on…\u2019 How then we became the creator … Continue reading How do we become the creator of our own destiny?<\/span>