Fate and Faith


Last week, I got a call from an old ex-student who is my good friend now. She keeps in constant touch. She is a very pretty soul, with a prettier heart, shy and sensitive. We met. She confided that she met this guy sometime back at a friend’s wedding and who seemed to have liked her. He wished to know her better. They began exchanging messages and talking on the phone. She confessed cutely that she had begun to relate to him. However, he wanted to match the kundlis since his family is a firm believer. Unfortunately, they did not match. And he chose to withdraw. She felt quite disappointed and asked me what to do now. Many of us face this scenario.
Personally, being a complete believer in love, I feel that if we seek divine grace through heartfelt prayers, and if we have total faith in Love itself (be a giver), then that Grace can mitigate and nullify all laws of destiny. My Guru Shri Haribhai Kothari often said that the Lord’s ‘Anugrah’ (Benevolence) can offset the effect of ‘Nav-grah’ (Nine planets). The Planets are His officers – in – charge of our karmic accounts, and are totally under His supreme command. If we surrender totally to Him (Lord) and seek His divine intervention, then the scriptures assure that He can do, undo, do otherwise. The “Graha-Shanti” poojas done to pacify the planetary influences can also help to soften the impact, especially if we assure the Lord that we will give unconditional love to our partner and try our best to practice the tenets of true love. Knowing her, I was sure that she would do that anyways at the intent level. Implicit faith in the Lord, our Guru, and in love itself can resolve anything and negate all laws of the world and matter. How can a person who only wants to give and forgive ever seek a divorce? Faith can move mountains if it is stronger than the mountain. Finally, she smiled. How I wish that guy could see her “that” smile… just once!

Anjan Dangarwala

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