A certain man asked the famous Mulla Nasrudin, "What is the meaning of fate, Mulla?"
Mulla replied, "Assumptions."
"In what way?" the man asked again.
Mulla looked at him and said, "You assume things are going to go well, and they don't. That you call bad luck. You assume things are going to go badly and they don't. That you call good luck. You assume that certain things are going to happen or not happen, and you so lack intuition that you don't know what is going to happen. You assume that the future is unknown. When you are caught out, you call that Fate."

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Q: What disappoints you? Why? How can you avoid such disappointment, so that you follow Babuji's teaching of being happy at all times, under all circumstances?

Q: Can you relate the Mulla's explanation to the following maxims of Sahaj Marg:
Maxim Five: "Be truthful. Take miseries as Divine blessings for your own good and be thankful."
Maxim Six: "Know all people as thy brethren and treat them as such."
Maxim Seven: "Be not revengeful for the wrongs done by others. Take them with gratitude as heavenly gifts."
Maxim Eight: "Be happy to eat in constant Divine thought, whatever you get, with due regard for honest and pious earnings."
Maxim Nine: "Mould your living so as to rouse a feeling of love and piety in others."
Maxim Ten: "At bed time, feeling the Presence of God, repent for the wrongs committed. Beg forgiveness in a supplicant mood, resolving not to allow the repetition of the same."
A hint: Maxims Five, Six, Seven and Eight help us change our attitudes towards other people, situations and material resources and possessions. Maxims Nine and Ten help us to change our attitude towards ourselves.

O, Master!
Thou art the real goal of human life.
We are yet but slaves of wishes
Putting bar to our advancement,
Thou art the only God and power
To bring us up to that stage.