Pray to the Lord to strengthen this conviction and this faith; He will open your eyes to the Truth and reveal to you that He is the Sanathana Sarathi, the Eternal Charioteer, in all. That revelation will confer on you incomparable Bliss, and grant you kinship with Creation's manifoldness. That is the reason why Krishna told Duryodhana, who pleaded with Him for help against the Pandavas, on the eve of the battle, "If you hate the Pandavas, you are hating Me, for they have recognized Me as the Breath of their Life".
Know Him as your strength, your breath, your intelligence, your joy - He becomes all that and more. No more can any faculty of yours hinder your progress. He will direct all of them - the senses, the mind, the subconscious, the unconscious, the intelligence - towards the highest Goal. Grace will confer all you need. Let mountains fall, let the sea overwhelm the land; but do not give up your saadhana. And remember, saadhana is a waste unless you grow at the same time in virtue and uprightness. If you give up all and surrender to the Lord, He will guard you and guide you. When you complain, "Oh, He has not guarded me", I reply, "You have not surrendered" . The Lord has come just for this very task. He is declaring that He will do so; that is the very task that has brought Him! Om Sai Ram
