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Karma

One's acts considered as fixing one's lot in the future existence. (Theos.) The doctrine of fate as the inflexible result of cause and effect; the theory of inevitable consequence.

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Destiny 76% connected

That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom.

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Fate 76% connected

A fixed decree by which the order of things is prescribed; the immutable law of the universe; inevitable necessity; the force by which all existence…

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