Ian Woosnam Welsh golfer said  " yes I am lucky and the harder I practice the luckier I get "

In fact , I don't think he was the first to say this great and true maxim  !  Indeed,  I know he wasn't 

Isnt he lucky i think it was him though ?   

;-)  

How come so many people are unlucky ?

Murph's law? 

Meant MurphY's law!

Depends on Karma.

There is a flip side too. Often we do not see the suffering of others and therefore consider them lucky.

What is exactly the Karma?,,,,is it like Destiny?,,,or?,,,

Karma is your past actions, be it part of the previous lives or the present life. Since many religions do not believe in previous births, their folowers will also not find it convincing.

Karma theory is primarily believed by Hindus and Buddhists, and according to that our present is determined by our past actions and our future would be determined by our current acions.

"(...) our present is determined by our past actions and our future would be determined by our current acions."

It'd rather call this common sense.

Luck, fate, inch' Allah or whatever people believe in are often ways to avoid responsibility.

A simple and pragmatic way to look at things is to divide them in 2 categories:

The things you can take action upon, work on or influence. Constant efforts often pay off.

The things you can't do anything about... No need to waste time and energy upon them. You may hope for the best and choose the best way to react or to adjust once those things have happened.

Which is actually not very common.

'Karma' has typically been interpreted as destiny or fate by the west to give it a more exotic or metaphysical twist. By applying religious understanding from the origins of the word, one can tie it to the whole cause & effect cycle. In Sanskrit, where the word originates from, it only means 'deed' or 'act'.

In short, it means - People's lives are defined by their deeds, or the choices they make (when choices are available).

In a larger perspective - it is the same 'just-world' hypothesis propagated by any religion, that noble actions are amply rewarded while evil actions are punished. Evidently, through divine intervention.

Good post. But I disagree that all religions say the same. A few say that we suffer as the God is testing our faith, patience and endurance.

Which goes back to the same concept of - God wants to see what kind of deeds you perform, given the difficult circumstances. Then either reward you for your noble actions or...

Personally, I don't believe in "luck".  

Your circumstances ("luck") will always fit in with your current perception of reality as they are a result of who you are choosing to be (or not be) and about the choices you have made.

There is an element of influence however, as to how "lucky" one person is over another.

I'm considered "a lucky bugger" by most, whilst my best friend, seems to have a constant stream of "bad luck".  Why?

It's been scientifically proven that the only difference between "lucky" people and "unlucky" people are their personalities (i.e. who they are choosing to be).

I'm outgoing, reasonably extrovert, I take chances and quantified risks, I always want to know what's around the corner and I'm open to new experiences.  I create my own serendipity by BEING that type of person.  "Good" things happen to me all the time - I'm one of the "luckiest" people I know.  

Think "why".

My friend is introvert, risk averse, doesn't want to know what's round the corner and will never try anything new, unless it's already been tried and tested and comes with a Health & Safety sticker.  She's considered one of the "unluckiest" people we know.  

Again, think "why".

It 'aint rocket science 

The world as we know it has scientifically proven laws. ( Law of gravity, laws of motion etc) these laws have been studied and observed to create conclusions.

these laws and their conclusions, we can see. but what about what we can't see? things that we do not "understand" because onbody has as yet discovered the "law"

in the past we never knew why the apple fell from the tree.

today we call things "luck" or "karma"

"In the past" we didn't now "how" the apple fell from the tree - we just knew that - it fell.

Armed with that knowledge, you then made a choice to stand under the apple tree and get hit on the head by a falling apple (bad "luck").....

.....or stand under the cherry tree and get hit by a falling cherry - much less painful - therefore "luckier"? 

One of the many photos from the recent Hurricane Sandy showed a woman, water almost up to her waist, hanging on to her car because she didn't want it to be swept away.  

Hanging on to that car, she may well have drowned - if so, was that "bad luck".  No, it was the circumstances resulting from the choices she made at the time.

About 90% of the fatalities from the hurricane (tragic as they are) were from people getting hit by trees.  Some would say it was bad "luck" - they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.  

Other might say "well, I always remember mum telling me to get as far away from trees as possible, when there was a storm coming......."

To refine Carloyn's thinking somewhat; it seems to be mostly one's perception of events that leads to a self-labelling of lucky or unlucky.

Lucky people (i.e. those who regard themselves as lucky) tend to disregard unfortunate events and focus on the fortunate ones so that their ultimate view of any series of events is that they were primarily positive.  Unlucky people, conversely, focus on unfortunate events.

In the end, you are either lucky or unlucky if you think you are.

Although “luck” is used for positive, it is used for “negative” mostly. The thought and psychology of a person who relies on and sets his hopes on “luck” is sufficient to tell the essence of the luck concept.

A person who acts according to “luck” feels himself in a hole; he believes in chances, and all the time he gets his heart, spirit and even his life in stress, agitation and turmoil. If what he has wanted does not happen and the result he has desired does not take place, he becomes anxious and distressed; he becomes disappointed and cannot keep himself from the frustration of that situation. Why does a person in such a situation give himself over to “luck”? The reason is quite clear. Just as a baby deprived of suck takes up artificial dummy immediately so too does that person rely on a hypothetical, ambiguous, vain thing such as “luck” since he does not know the real points of support such as “divine determining, reliance on GOD, and consent to his/her fortune.”

Interesting concept. 

So we should not live our lives relying on “luck” because you think he who does “believes in chances” and will be relying on a “hypothetical, ambiguous, vain thing” (whatever that “vain thing” is).

But instead, we should trust the “divine determining, reliance on GOD, and consent to his/her fortune.”  

Wow, that’s not leaving anything to chance now, is it? 

There is No Chance all are Destiny:)

First of all, it should be clear that all things in the universe are destined by God Who knows the Unseen and what happened and what will happen prior to its occurrence.

There is no place for the words such as “luck and chance”in vocabulary of

believer  . Only there are “destiny and reliance on GOD and consenting to what comes from GOD.” And the source of them is faith.

BUt INdeed this is not mean to wait and do nothing and say GOD will help, NO NO  NO.  You should Work and work and work and do your best and the rest leave it for your DESTINY :)

That make us all programmed robots, with zero free-will. There's no element of chance, except for an 'unknown' cosmic force that guides us all. Don't you find that extremely convenient & perhaps, unscientific to place your trust upon?

We do not see ourselves living in an inherently just world, yet force ourselves to believe in more than all our senses can percieve. I guess Carolyn's point is that - luck & destiny then become siblings, if not the exact same thing. 

I'm a huge fan of religion, for all the art, music & philosophy that they bring, but this is squarely the point where I believe - religious beliefs override humanity. Which is ironic, as that's precisely what they seem to be designed to protect. 

Your reality, in reality, is only your perception of it. Your reality only exists within the confines of your ability to percieve it. 

Luck, and your ability or inability to achieve it, is just a construct of the miriad of life experiences that form the ego that wants the luck in the first place. It is only the ego that can feel lucky or unlucky, really.

If luck is seen as a joyous feeling resulting from some kind of event that lead to in your improved state, then an egoless soul living permanently in the present will be experiencing perpetual luck. The sheer luck / joy of being alive!

A bit deep for a Saturday morning! Wishing you all a wonderful, lucky weekend...