TRUTH ABOUT PREDICTIONS
To predict is to foretell what will happen in future. It may
be based on astrology or science or any other method of prophesying.
Among present, past and future times only present is in hand.
Past is gone and future is uncertain.
The proverb: Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do
today is significant.
As for predictability, science is more reliable than
astrology. It is based on the theory of cause and effect and the laws of
nature.
What
follows are a few couplets by the English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744) on
the book of fate, i.e. destiny, God’s will, future, and astral influence on one’s
life.
“Heaven from all
creatures hides the book of Fate,
All but the page
prescribed, the present state;
From brutes what men,
from men what spirits know:
Or who could suffer Being
below?
To conclude, had it been
possible to predict all sorts of coming events, much loss of life and property
which has occurred in the world so far would
have been avoided. ********
G.R.Kanwal
20th April 2024
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