Bondage and Freedom

Author(s): Chitrabhanu
Publisher: Divine Knowledge Society

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There might be many young men who are cleverer and academically better qualified than you; and yet they might have to come to you and humbly request financial aid or your influence in order to get a scholarship to go abroad for further studies. If getting a scholarship depended only on intelligence and skill, they might have enough of both and would not need your help; but unfortunately, that is not sufficient. The acquiring of a scholarship requires not only skill and intelligence, but also, to a great extent, luck or destiny.
Do you know whither this destiny is driving your Suppose, on the same day, at the same time and at the same second, two boys are born. One is born in a rich man's house-a millionaire's palace. The other boy is born to a very poor man sunk in heavy debt. The boy born to the poor man grows up, he works hard and is finally free from debt, clears his father's name, gathers more riches and makes a name for himself and is liked and respected by everyone in society. He has made a success of his life.
On the other hand, the boy born with a silver spoon in his mouth--the millionaire's son, grows up and spends the millions and in the end becomes a debtor, and is disliked in society. Now, how do you account for that? Look at the difference! Both boys are born at the same time, even at the very same second. How will their horoscopes be read? Do we really know how many are born at the same time in one
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