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Is destiny playing an important role in putting in spiritual effort (Saadhana)?

[A question by Shri KS Pavan Kumar]

Swami replied:- This human world is actually a sub-world in the Bhuuloka or the first upper world. This human world is called as Martyaloka since human beings having birth and death live in it. This is also called as Karmaloka, which means that human beings are allowed to put up efforts without the influence of destiny. Here you are free to do any work that you like provided you don’t do very serious sins that give their corresponding fruits in this birth itself. Leaving this one exception, your routine sins and merits give their corresponding fruits in upper worlds only after your death so that you are not disturbed by the fruits of your past deeds in this human sub-world. Hence, in putting spiritual efforts or worldly efforts, your destiny is not playing any role here. You are left in a free atmosphere without any disturbance to put up your effort towards your progress or fall. If you are unable to put complete effort, the reason is only your lack of attention and not destiny.

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