We all have only one destiny and that destiny is Truth

The following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

Question (Q): I have heard that we make our own karma and I have also heard that everything is predetermined and we don’t make our own karma, we are like puppets. When you let go of this idea that you are a person then life unfolds by itself. So, I am wondering which of those is true. Please guide.

Acharya Prashant (AP): Neither. No idea about the Truth is truth. Whatsoever is ever said about the Truth is bound to be false; you don’t have to really whack your brains.

Listener (L): It affects how someone would behave if you think that everything is predetermined and you have to just completely let go of this sense of a person who is acting in the world. Everything is predetermined, so, therefore there is no sense of responsibility because it is just happening.

AP: It is not quite factual; it is not correct that if we believe that everything is predetermined then we will be able to let go of our sense of responsibility. The ego operates in very dubious ways; its traps are very subtle. Now, be with me. When you say that since everything is predetermined hence I have no responsibility; how do you feel? Nice?