Do not be troubled by the circumstances that surround you today, for the life you are living is a sacred record, written long before you took this breath. Imagine the soul as an eternal computer; every act of kindness and every shadow of a mistake you have ever committed across millions of years has been recorded with absolute precision. What you face today—be it the joy of prosperity or the weight of a “boil” that refuses to heal—is not an accident. It is the fruit of your own seeds. When you understand this, the heart begins to find peace, for you stop blaming the world, your neighbors, or your kin for your struggles. You realize that your life is a mirror of your own journey.
You may feel trapped, thinking that your efforts are in vain. You say, “I studied hard to become this,” or “I worked day and night to build that.” But know this: even the very thought to strive, the very spark of ambition in your mind, was granted to you by the merit of your past deeds. You are not the doer; you are the recipient of a vast, cosmic arrangement. If God is the Annadata—the ultimate provider—then why do you exhaust yourself with endless planning and anxiety? The saints who spent decades in penance did not worry about their next meal, for they knew that the One who created the stomach has already arranged for the grain. Your only true task is to remain in His devotion and let His arrangement unfold.
However, do not mistake this for helplessness. While eighty percent of your life is the path already paved by your stars, the remaining twenty percent is the gateway to your liberation. This is where your courage lies. You cannot change the wind, but under the guidance of a Sadguru, you can certainly change the sail. A true Guru of the Nath tradition does not seek your wealth or your praise; he seeks only your transformation. He is like a master physician who can realign the very elements of your being. Even if a limb is lost or a heart is broken, the Guru’s grace can reconstruct your inner world using the same five elements that built the universe.
The path to peace is simpler than you think. Do not get lost in the “low-grade” worship of mechanical chanting or the hollow display of rituals. Do not seek God through the intellect, for the intellect is a cage that only breeds more doubt. Instead, seek Him through the heart. Sit in silence, still your mind, and find oneness with the Guru. This costs you not a single penny, yet it grants you the wealth of the entire universe.
Whatever “dead ends” you face today are merely invitations to turn inward. If you surrender your ego and walk the path shown by the tradition, you will find that even the oceans and the sun will conspire to help you. Your destiny is not just to live and die, but to rise from a mere human (Nara) to the Divine (Narayana). Trust in the Guru, perform your Karma with a steady mind, and know that you are never truly alone in the storm.