Nondualism and fate

The conflation of fatalism with non-dualism and the subsequent assumption that "there is nothing you can do" is unfortunate. It is the interpretation of a lazy mind. For such a lazy mind to parade as an enlightened mind is symptomatic of this pick and mix 'new age'.

Now I could simply say that 'for anyone seeking 'enlightenment', effort is not only possible but necessary" and leave it at that but perhaps some further justification is required.

If you look at some of the published books of those who assume the existence of the above conflation you will find clues, written by the fatalists themselves, which are contrary to the words they preach. These conflational fatalists have simply missed or overlooked the discrepancies in their haste to join the modern religion, Celebrity, and hold their own satsangs. In truth, they are half-baked. And as often happens when half-baked things are consumed one is left with a bad taste in the mouth and an upset tummy.

Books, recommended by esteemed non-dualists, through the ages, are replete with advice which counters the idea that you cannot do anything to achieve liberation in this very life.

Hemalekha says that, one should not refrain from individual effort, like the followers of some fatalist pretenders [so...this is not a new issue]. Hemalekha further decries 'lack of effort in favor of dry polemics' and declares that the idea that one cannot escape one's destiny is applicable to weak minded wasters alone.

Astavakra tell us that anyone who wants liberation must actively give up objects of the senses, seek truth and know the Self by getting rid of body and mind-borne identification. The fatally-sics seem to embrace this body and mind-borne identification, in extraordinary fashion, by submitting wholesale to the bondage of destiny. Such a cop out!!

Now there are many more quotes available but that could take ages and I would be showing off so we'll leave it here, for the moment.