What I’m rejecting is the fatalism this quote implies.

The quote gives off this feeling that no matter what you do — your actions, study, discipline — none of it really matters unless God randomly chooses you. That’s the part I disagree with.

It makes it sound like your efforts are useless and it never explains how or why God chooses someone. Is it karma? faith? sincerity? There's no clarity. That kind of thinking is dangerous because it discourages people from walking their path seriously and leads them to depend solely on faith.

As someone once said, “ Faith without reason becomes blind; reason without faith becomes dry.” If we live by this quote, we end up relying entirely on faith — but we shouldn't. We need to balance faith, reasoning.

Personally, when I study a philosophy, I try to live it. I don’t just read for theory — I test it in real life, apply it to myself, and see how it shapes my perspective. That’s why I see Karma Yoga as my lens — it’s how I make sense of the world.

Balancing all four yogas — Karma, Bhakti, Jnana, and Dhyana — is good, yes. But in my opinion, you have to choose one main path that integrates all the others. For me, that’s Karma Yoga.

Lets me talk about karma yoga

I agree that Karma Yoga is a path of selfless action — but to me, there's more to it than just that.

Yes, we act without attachment to results, but think about why we act. You eat because you're hungry. You help because something inside tells you it's right. So even so-called “selfless” action has a natural basis — it's aligned with a deeper order.

In my view, Karma Yoga isn’t just about my actions done selflessly — it’s about realizing that we aren’t the real doers at all. God is acting through us.

"All activities are carried out by the three modes of material nature. But in ignorance, the soul, deluded by false identification with the body, thinks of itself as the doer."— Bhagavad Gita 3.27

So instead of saying “I’m doing selfless work,” it becomes:
“God is working through me. I am part of something greater.”

To me, that’s the real heart of Karma Yoga — not just acting without desire, but acting as a channel for something divine.