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each of them, why not strive to increase the devotion and
reverence of the Almighty? Once you do so, the factors which
are servants of this devotion will automatically appear before
you and favour you.

Q. But can it improve your spoilt destiny? If it is subject
to changes, how can it be termed destiny?

Ans. Wait a little. Think logically. What do you mean by

spoilt destiny? “We did not attain our desired results. Destiny
showed its colours and its work is now over. Now how will it
improve?” But now you have to contemplate on the upcoming
destiny so that it becomes favourable. In the scripture ‘Achara
Pradip’, Pujya Ratnashekharsurishwarji Maharaja states that
destiny is nor completely certain, nor completely uncertain
but partly certain, partly uncertain.

Q. What do you mean?

Ans. The right or wrong efforts that we put in, the factors
which affect it and the rise or downfall caused by it – The
Omniscient Lord knows it all. From His point of view, destiny
is fixed and certain. But, you say that efforts in the wrong
direction lead to our downfall and those in the right direction
lead to our rise i.e. wrong efforts cannot lead to our rise and
the right ones cannot lead to our downfall. This means that

our efforts are responsible for our rise or downfall. Not destiny
but our efforts are independent. We are independent. If you
look from this point of view, destiny is uncertain and liable
to change.

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