Baba says, “As soon as you say, “Baba”, your intellect will be touched as to what to do and it will become easy. This is an easy yogi life.“

This is an easy yogi life, says Baba. But there are times when it doesn’t feel easy. Sometimes, life can be downright confusing: “What am I supposed to do? Should I do this or that? Is it okay to say this or will it be too much?” Sometimes, I am confused about my purpose in life. I know that God’s plan for my life would be the best plan and so I want to ensure I follow that but I’m not sure when I see an opportunity if it is God showing it to me or not. When I have an idea to do something, is this just an idea I came up with or is this God telling me to do something? Is it part of my destiny i.e. is it right for me?

During such times, how will I know what to do? Baba says, “In order to become an easy yogi, remember the one expression, “My Baba”, that is all.” Baba does not expect me to know the answers to all questions, the solutions to all problems or even what the plan for my life is. All He expects me to do is to remember Him with a lot of love and commit my life into His hands. Then, He becomes in-charge. When I truly, deeply accept Him as my Father, Teacher and Guide, then He will touch my intellect as to what the right thing to do is in any given situation.

But how do I know if the desire I have or the idea I have is the right one, the one from God? When I trust Him with my life, God will (1) ensure I have the right desires or ideas and (2) He will give me the power to pursue them. The way I will know if an idea or desire is something from God is it will be very clear and powerful. Sometimes, the dream or urge or desire to do something- maybe a service project or a program- is so big, I think that this can’t possibly be for me. I don’t have the experience or the expertise or the training for this and so I turn my back to it. But when it is something God wants me to pursue, no matter how much I try to dismiss it, it keeps coming back stronger, louder. And when I take that step of faith saying: “Okay Baba, I will do it”, then He gets everything done through me. “Shiv Baba is Karankaravanhar.“, Baba reminds me, He doesn’t just give me the right desire or idea to pursue but He also enables me to be able to do it. Knowing my calling, or what God’s plan for my life is not as difficult as I might make it. If I surrender my will to Him, that is, put myself in His charge, then He will guide my every step. There will be things I will feel passionate about, opportunities that will excite me, dreams that will motivate me- that’s God leading me into my destiny.

When I become the child truly, then I can rest assured that my Father and Teacher are watching over my desires and dreams. He will override the wrong dreams, He will close the doors on the wrong opportunities, He will move people out of my life that shouldn’t be there. He will guide me along the best path for my life. There will be events that I don’t understand but they are all part of His plan for my life- I simply need to trust Him and know that He is “My Baba”. I don’t have to worry or wonder: ‘which way should I go? What should I do? Can I do this?’ I can relax knowing that God is in-charge. Sometimes, I find that I suddenly have this urge to do something I never wanted to do before. Maybe, in the past, I dreaded speaking in front of people, I never liked it, but all of a sudden, I feel a deep desire or an urge to do so. I might second guess myself thinking: “But I don’t have the talent, that’s not my thing” but the desire doesn’t go away, I experienced being called to teach, to relate God’s message. Because I have taken His hand as His child, He becomes responsible. He gives me the want-to, the passion, the drive, the wisdom to go down the path that He knows is best for me.

So rather than worry, get anxious, feel paralyzed by choices and decisions I have to make, rather than spend time strategizing and analyzing, let me simply focus on making the Father my world. If I keep Him first in my life, then He will guide my every step just as a father, teacher and guide would. Arjuna understood this principle well and so when asked if he would rather choose God or a vast army, he was wise to choose God. By making God His Charioteer, that is, by trusting Him with his life, Arjuna became victorious. Those who went with the vast army of human beings thinking that they could rely on the experts, the scholars, brothers and uncles, lost the war and their kingdom. They spent all their time strategizing, planning, trying to force doors to open, manipulating and yet, they lost. But simply by keeping God first, Arjuna and the Pandavas won because God guided their every step.

And so, when Baba says that this is an easy yogi life, it really is easy when I simply focus on the One. By keeping Baba first, by simply saying “My Baba” from the heart. I can trust Him with the plan for my life. He’s not going to let me miss my destiny; He will guide my every step. Let me live from a place of peace knowing that God will touch my intellect with the right thought for what to do, the right solution for that problem, the right desires along with the power to do what He wants me to do.