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

The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.

Life course; the point of collision between energy coming in and out.

Destiny or fate is generally considered that which has brought us to a certain point or situation in our life. It is believed that since destiny is the outcome of our past actions of this life and of the previous lives, our future destiny depends on how and what we do now in the present moment. Not only that, it is said that in our future lives we will we will pick up from where we left in this life. Doesn't it make sense then that we identify what we aspire to be (i.e. Sat-Chit-Anand state we originally are) and put all ourefforts to be so. In the course of time we shall be so. The best part here is that we can use our free-will to perform our actions to Be that we aspire to be. And destiny comes all the way to compliment us in every possible way. Incidentally, it may also be mentioned that contemplation/deep knowing of the Self/Atman is considered as the best purifier to cleans the effects of our past actions. That simply means we have means available to us to cleanse the effects of our past actions if we so apire and start afresh with our destiny. That makes us the architects of our own destiny.

some people think that their future is already laid out for them; Leo Jean believes that we can shape our own future

the force which some people believe controls the things that happen to you

We believe that through the creative power of our thoughts and words we have freedom of choice. God has created a perfect pattern of ideal for us. As we grow spiritually, we come closer and closer to that supreme goal.

Destiny (Osud in Czech) is an opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech libretto by the composer and Fedora Bartošová. It was begun in 1903 and eventually completed in 1907, but was not heard until 1934 on Brno Radio, and was first performed on stage in 1958 in Brno, conducted by František Jílek.

Destiny is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series, The Sandman. He was originally created by Marv Wolfman and Berni Wrightson in Weird Mystery Tales #1 (1972), and was regular host of that series as well as Secrets of Haunted House. In the Sandman Special #1, he was also referred to as Potmos.

Destiny (Paul Destine) is a fictional character, in the Marvel Comics Universe whose first appearance was in Tales to Astonish #101.

Destiny (Irene Adler) was a Marvel Comics character, known as an adversary of the X-Men. Created by writer Chris Claremont and artist/co-writer John Byrne, she first appeared in Uncanny X-Men #141 (January 1981).

Destiny is a fictional cosmic character in the Marvel Comics Universe created by Steve Gerber and George Tuska, whose first appearance was in Marvel Two-in-One #6.

Destiny is a 1978 album released by American band The Jacksons on the CBS/Epic Records label.

Destiny is the ninth studio album by heavy metal band Saxon released in 1988 (see 1988 in music).

Destiny is a downtempo chillout trip hop song featuring the vocals of Sia Furler by Zero 7. It has been released on the album Simple Things and also a single. It has been remixed a number of times and it featured on the soundtracks for both Blue Crush and Raising Helen.

Destiny is a heavy metal / progressive metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, founded by Stefan Björnshög. In 1982 Destiny, one of Sweden's very first real heavy metal bands first saw the light of day. Unlike the few other Swedish bands in the genre that were around back then Destiny still exists.