All you are is a thought

How freeing, Does this mean. I can stop trying to be a perfect person.. a perfect anything? If the Universe is that clever, maybe we are going to be just fine here on our little planet. If all we are is thought, and everything around us is just thought...

-sources
https://www.facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience
and
https://www.facebook.com/holly.bridges.161

Fate and Destiny

One day, Lord Yama visited Lord Vishnu’s palace. At that time, Lord Vishnu was not there. Lord Vishnu is the supreme protector as per the Hindu mythology and Lord Yama wanted to give him the list of people who are due in the line to die so that Lord Vishnu should not go and protect them. So, Lord Yama waited outside for Lord Vishnu’s arrival. Then he noticed an old crow sitting on the branch of a tree. The crow really scared on seeing Lord Yama staring at him. By that time, Lord Vishnu returned on his vehicle, Garuda. Garuda is an eagle and he is the king of all birds. Garuda is supposed to be the fastest of all living things. He can fly anywhere he wants within no time. Lord Yama went with Lord Vishnu inside his palace. Garuda waited outside. Then Garuda noticed the sad old crow on the tree. Garuda asked the reason for his sadness. The old crow replied, “Lord Yama was staring at me. I am really scared. I am sure I am going to die when he is coming out of the palace. I really want to live some more time to see my grand children growing up”. Hearing this, Garuda responded like the chief justice of the world, “If you really want to live some more time, nobody can deny that. Lord Yama does not have the authority to take your life just like that”. The old crow became very happy in hearing this. He asked Garuda, “You are the king of birds. Will you protect me from Lord Yama?”. “Sure, I will”, Garuda replied. Then Garuda asked the crow to sit on his top so that he can place him at the end of the fourteenth world. Crow obeyed. Garuda flew to the end of the fourteenth world with the crow, left the crow there, and came back in no time.

After sometime, Lord Yama finished his business with Lord Vishnu and came out of the palace. Then he suddenly looked at the tree where the crow was sitting. The surprised Lord Yama just looked around to see the crow. Garuda was watching all these from a corner and was really enjoying it. Then he came to Lord Yama and pretended not knowing anything and asked him with a naughty smile, “What is there in the tree, Lord Yama? I can see that you are looking there for something”. Hearing this, Lord Yama replied, “Garuda, there was an old crow sitting on the tree when I went inside. But it is not around here now”. Then Garuda said, “It might have flown somewhere. Why do you care?” Then Lord Yama replied, “I do care because the crow is not supposed to sit here now. My men are now already there at the end of the fourteenth world waiting to take his life”.

Destiny

There was a merchant in Baghdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, “Master, just now when I was in the market-place I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I turned I saw it was Death that jostled me. She looked at me and made a threatening gesture; now, lend me your horse, and I will ride away from this city and avoid my fate. I will go to Samarra and there Death will not find me.”

The merchant lent him his horse, and the servant mounted it, and he dug his spurs in its flanks and as fast as the horse could gallop he went.

Then the merchant went down to the marketplace and he saw Death standing in the crowd and he approached Death and said, “Why did you make a threatening gesture to my servant when you saw him this morning?” “That was not a threatening gesture,” Death said, “it was only a stare of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Baghdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.

-an Arab tale