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The word "[[Kismet]]" (alt., rarely, "Kismat") derives from the Arabic word "qismah", and entered the English language via the Turkish word "qismet" meaning either "the will\save Allah" or "portion, lot or fate". In English, the word is synonymous with "Fate" or "Destiny".
The word "[[Kismet]]" (alt., rarely, "Kismat") derives from the Arabic word "qismah", and entered the English language via the Turkish word "qismet" meaning either "the will\save Allah" or "portion, lot or fate". In English, the word is synonymous with "Fate" or "Destiny".
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==Urantia Text==
Some of the difficulties in forming concepts of infinite reality integration are inherent in the fact that all such ideas embrace something of the finality of universal development, some kind of an experiential realization of all that could ever be. And it is inconceivable that quantitative infinity could ever be completely realized in finality. Always there must remain unexplored possibilities in the
Some of the difficulties in forming concepts of infinite reality integration are inherent in the fact that all such ideas embrace something of the finality of universal development, some kind of an experiential realization of all that could ever be. And it is inconceivable that quantitative infinity could ever be completely realized in finality. Always there must remain unexplored possibilities in the
Page 1169 three potential Absolutes which no quantity of experiential development could ever exhaust. Eternity itself, though absolute, is not more than absolute.
Page 1169 three potential Absolutes which no quantity of experiential development could ever exhaust. Eternity itself, though absolute, is not more than absolute.
Such eventualities are rather remote to say the least; nevertheless, in the mechanisms, personalities, and associations of the three Trinities we believe we detect the theoretical possibility of the reuniting of the seven absolute phases of the Father-I AM. And this brings us face to face with the concept of the threefold Trinity encompassing the Paradise Trinity of existential status and the two subsequently appearing Trinities of experiential nature and origin.
Such eventualities are rather remote to say the least; nevertheless, in the mechanisms, personalities, and associations of the three Trinities we believe we detect the theoretical possibility of the reuniting of the seven absolute phases of the Father-I AM. And this brings us face to face with the concept of the threefold Trinity encompassing the Paradise Trinity of existential status and the two subsequently appearing Trinities of experiential nature and origin.
== See also ==
* [[Amor fati]]
* [[Causality]]
* [[Determinism]]
* [[Divine Providence]]
* [[Fatalism]]
* [[Omniscience]]
* [[Predestination]]
==References==
* Cornelius, Geoffrey, C. (1994). "The Moment of Astrology: Origins in Divination", Penguin Group, part of Arkana Contemporary Astrology series.
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== External links ==
*[http://www.akgupta.com/Thoughts/destiny.htm Destiny and Free Will]
*[http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgi-local/DHI/dhi.cgi?id=dv2-27 ''Dictionary of the History of Ideas'':] "Fortune, Fate & Chance"
*[http://www.edgelife.net/glossary/destiny.htm Destiny re-defined -- Edge Life Magazine]
*[http://www.members.tripod.com/tathagata2000/destiny.htm What is Destiny]
*[http://new-ecopsychology.org/en/books/ecology/eco-7.htm Destiny and Its Correction]
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