It is said in the Gayan, "The present is the reflection of the past, and the future is the re-echo of the present." Destiny is not what is already made; destiny is what we are making. Very often fatalists think we are in the hands of destiny, driven in whatever direction life destiny wills; but in point of fact we are the masters of our destiny, especially from the moment we begin to realize this fact. Among Hindus there is a well-known saying that the creation is Brahma's dream; in other words that all manifestation is the dream of the Creator. I would wish to add to this, that destiny means the materialization of man's own thought. Man is responsible for his success and failure, for his rise and fall; and it is man who brings these about either knowingly or unknowingly.