There is order in nature writes Annie Besant in her book "The Laws of the Higher Life" published by The Theosophical Publishing House, 1903. What is seen as a natural disaster had its making going back in time before it actually shows itself openly. For instance, she writes, ".. there is nothing more disorderly in the outburst of a volcano than there is in the slow growth of the sea-bottom, until at last, after tens of thousands of years, that bottom becomes a range of mountains.... The one was thought orderly, the other cataclysmic."
There is an underlying law in all things. These are programmed to happen in a timely manner. Hence astrology came about to predict these times of either being barraged with goodies or a storm brewing. But sadly the planets take the blame. Many for instance dread the coming of Sani or Saturn into one's life. Fear and apprehension set in not knowing what was in store. But the late Dr.Krishnan told me to welcome him for he comes to hasten the process of unloading, sorting, and disposal of the baggage of karma that we carry. Hence the Siddhas in speaking about the Law of Karma, console us that our sufferings are our makings, all the deeds, both good and bad, put together that transform our present and future lives. To know our karma is to take steps to bring a change in us and chart a new destiny devoid of karma. Hence the reason the very first chapter of any Nadi reading always touches on our past births and their present results and concludes with a long list of remedies to counter our past actions that bring on a brighter future.
Man in evolving spiritually moves up the ladder of evolution. Annie Besant writes of this state, "loftier and sublimer region where the inner law takes the place of of the law of outer obligation, where instead of duty, which means the payment of debt, there is sacrifice, which is the outpouring of life, where everything is done gladly, everything is done willingly, in perfect self surrender, .. where he works because the divine outwelling finds its channel in his life, and needs no outer compulsion because of the perfection of the inner law." She says that after this stage he grows further, becoming a channel of the divine outpouring.
She says that the law of nature unlike the laws of man that keeps changing and varies from country and state to state, is a statement: "If such and such conditions are present, such and such results will happen. If the conditions change the results will change with them." This is the law of Prapanjam.
Knowing this truth she says that "You can work with absolute certainty of results." These laws apply if and when we are ignorant of them. But "those same laws become our servants, our helpers, and our uplifters when knowledge has replaced ignorance." Just as the Siddhas have gained this divine knowledge or Gnanam, and rather than take control or imprison, rape or plunder nature, worked in tandem with them, Annie writes the same, "Know the law, obey it, work with it, and it lifts you up with its infinite strength and carries you to the goal that you desired to reach. ... the Law becomes a savior when known and understood... be ignorant of them, and your efforts will be frustrated and all your endeavors will be as though they had not been." True to the word Agathiyar revealed that as a result of the karma that stood in my way, all my noble endeavors did not bear fruit.
Just as Lao Tzu asked to go with the flow, Annie asks us to work with them and not against them in another book of hers titled "Karma". She says "All forces in nature can be used in proportion as they are understood." She adds that, "All accident is the result of ignorance, and is due to the working of laws whose presence was unknown or overlooked... Nature can never betray us. We are betrayed by our own blindness."
If we think out of ignorance that this physical body was ours to use as we wish to fulfill our wishes and desires and to enjoy the pleasures of life, contrary to this common belief, Annie reminds us that "the gross body serves the consciousness for its work on the physical plane." Bharathi too realized that when he did God's work things fell into place as opposed to frustration that resulted in chasing his dreams.