Hmm…yakkhas…are they like tricksters? In this trickster category, I’ve had plenty. Regarding determinism, as hard as I try to get away from my kamma it’s like homing device. Different people same results.
Here’s a interesting one, I bought a large painting at the Goodwill store a year and a half ago. It’s an abstract painting with mountains, spikes, bird cages, etc. You can see a little of it behind my profile picture (which I strangely can’t remove the pic from my profile). Anyway, my life has been tracking with flow of the pictures from left to right. It’s bizarre how no matter how much I try to avoid the big black spikes, dark areas, they happen. Māras!
I’m coming to end of the painting, on the downslope of the big mountain. Hoping the Māras calm down.
Much metta!