Certain decisions and actions can be likened to levers which act upon our lives. This is a good analogy. For there are ancient spiritual disciplines which invoke powerful spiritual forces which can act in a variety of ways. They can be as gentle and mild as dropping a stone in a placid pool where the ripples go out gently but with far reaching effects in the local universe of the pond. Or they can be as powerful as blasting with dynamite until the river feeding the pool changes course along an entirely new path with widespread effect.
Spiritual discipline is a lever for changing things in life.
The things we want to change can be small. Or they can be monumental. Sometimes we think we can tell the difference when, in fact, we are ignorant of the effects which may be produced by certain actions. Let us suppose, for instance, that a person desires wealth. There are spiritual formulas available which will eventually produce this condition.