OUR DESTINY LIES IN OUR HANDS! (PART V)

CAN DESTINY BE CHANGED?

Destiny can be changed. 

Our activities form our destiny. Our activities include our thoughts words and deeds. Each of these are seeds that we plant every moment and they are nurtured through the workings of the Laws of creation such that at a definite time we will have to reap what we have sown earlier on as seeds. As an example, a person who nurtures envy in a relationship may not expect to reap happiness from that interaction. On the other hand, acts of kindness will bring us a harvest of peace. So, we can only expect results that are similar to the earlier seed. The Law that brings these about is the Law of Sowing and Reaping, the Law of Reciprocal Action. This Law speaks of the Justice and Love of the Creator and makes man the architect of his own fate or destiny. 

Therefore, what a man burdens himself with can only be redeemed by none other than himself alone. Before there will ever be a change to this, the Law of Sowing and Reaping will have to be amended but this will never happen! What then is the way out especially for many of us who have spent more time sowing seeds that can only bring multiple harvests of bitter fruits? Repentance and the firm decision to start and continue doing only what is good is the only way that leads to redemption! First of all, a complete inner change has the effect of putting a stop to the unwholesome habit of acquiring further debts. One can then begin the upward journey. As one goes along, one must engage only in planting good seeds which is a sure way of attracting help to strengthen us in our new way of life. 

We all can make a start here by keeping our thoughts pure. A huge task, but the rewards are that we will reap peace and be happy. It will lead to pure words and deeds which in turn will lead to bountiful harvest of forgiveness of our past negative actions. The result or harvest of our past activities will come no doubt due to the effect of the Law of Sowing and Reaping but the sustained resolve to be good also forms a formidable covering and protection for us that prevents the onrushing adverse reciprocal action from having full effect or any effect at all depending on the level of the inner change. This is the way to obtaining forgiveness and attaining to a change of destiny! It goes without saying also that a person who has initially set out on the right road can through willful change to a wrong course alter his destiny negatively. 

Let us always give thanks to our Creator the Author of the Laws which makes it possible for us to redeem ourselves and even change our destiny from bad to good. 

In Part VI we will be considering what we need to do in view of all that we have discussed so far.