W12 D3

Blind Chance ©

Agastya a householder from Tulu desam, who lived in the middle of two constantly fighting neighbors Ambu and Subbu, had enough of his life. He went to Kailas to meditate. He received in due course enlightenment and his mentor asked him to choose a gift. He chose a deity in gold as large as a man’s palm.
“Chance it is called.” The mentor replied as he waved him away.
Before he reached his home he came along a river where one man was about to make a hole in the river. “Don’t,” Agastya ran up to him. “It is chance which brought me to save you.” To his great surprise he was Subbu, his neighbor.
Yogi Agastya gave him his image and said,” Remember Chance has saved you.” Not long after Subbu went on a journey and he carried his image for his protection. While passing through a forest he was waylaid by robbers and was killed. Why for the gold he carried.
The image was solid gold.
As soon as news reached his home Ambu the other neighbor went to the Yogi and fell at his feet and said “Chance which you brought was for my rescue. Was it not?”
Chance has to be explained in terms of total interaction of life forms. Chance being such that it ceases to be merely chance where life foms can build up on chance to their own profit.
Where dinosaurs perished gave the mammals an opportunity to flourish in the absence of competition. Montaigne, the essayist in one of his essays writes to this effect: any man’s gain is a loss for another. The First cause lets both chance and certainty to operate.
Tailpiece:
What motivates the reality of the form whether it be for good or bad must reside in the same reality that drives the system.