Apart from positive-negative thinking does past karma comprise barriers in our destiny?

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So is our past karma and Samskara Do they also Comprise barriers in our destiny Yes Our past karma Does influence us So for example our looks Each of us has different looks Some of us may have more attractive looks than others Our looks are determined by our past karma But However a person may look Our past karma doesn’t determine Whether I have a smiling face or a frowning face Our past karma May determine our face But we determine the smile on the face So there is always Even a person who Doesn’t look very attractive If they are smiling they look pleasant And a person who looks Very attractive they are scowling Who has a very attractive face they are scowling They are frowning, they are glaring They don’t look attractive So Our past karma Does shape certain things in our life But it doesn’t shape it completely So certain framework Will be determined By our past karma Say for example some people may be like Mathematical geniuses And others May not be that much Instead we would have mathematics So we may not win a maths olympia But that does not mean that We can’t do our normal maths So Certain parameters Certain framework is determined by our past karma But within that Framework what we do is So we are not Entirely Controlled by our past karma See we are Products of our past But we are not prisoners of our past Past has influences It has shaped us But it doesn’t permanently Within that we have choices So If we start Aspiring For something that is just Incompatible and impossible for us Say some Somebody who is Okay at maths Now some people may just have a talent To do that, some people may not have Now if that is the goal they become obsessed With and they just don’t have the talent for that Then better don’t worry about that That doesn’t mean that you can’t do anything That’s why if We become too infatuated With goals that society Is imposing on us Then we will Get too caught in Thinking of the things Which we don’t have and worrying Why am I not able to get these things And will not Be able to notice the gifts that we do have The strength that we do have So while going through Our routine life While doing our duties as students Doing our various activities We keep observing ourselves What am I good at, what do I like to do Two things, what do I like to do myself And what am I good at doing We find that and that we can understand These are my strengths And gradually we gravitate towards them more Does that answer your question?