The text states "destiny is everywhere irresistible." How does this idea both conflict with, and yet ultimately facilitate, the narrator's journey to Shirdi?

In Chapter 2, the narrator initially uses the irresistibility of destiny as a reason not to visit a Guru. After his friend's son died despite a Guru's presence, he reasoned, "What is the use of going to a Guru if nothing works against what is to happen?" He felt that whatever is destined to occur, good or bad, will happen regardless. However, the text presents a powerful irony: the narrator himself admits, "Nothing works against destiny; it dragged me to Shirdi." The very force he used to justify his inaction became the instrument for his eventual journey, orchestrated through the timely and insistent arrival of Nanasaheb.