Every individual is a center for the manifestation of a certain force. This force has been stored up as the resultant of our previous works, and each one of us is born with this force at our back.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Each person carries accumulated energy from past actions that drives their current existence.
- In plain terms
- You carry energy from past actions that shapes your life.
- What can you take from it?
- Your past actions influence your current force and potential.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What force drives you today?
- How do past actions shape you?
Another view
This implies fate is fixed by past deeds, limiting free will.
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