A personal note

Make sure your kundali is wrong

This is what I wish for everyone: that one day you clearly feel your chart no longer matches your life. What is meant to happen will still happen. But once your has truly blessed you, you will live through it in a completely different way.

Perform as if it depends on you, pray as if it depends on God.

  1. You don’t have to walk alone

    No one escapes , the karma already set in motion. But think of life as a long walk. Alone, you cannot go very far. With someone beside you, the same road feels so much easier.

    So whatever you are going through, take God’s name. It is impossible that God does not know your pain. Some things are simply meant to happen. Believe, live the right way, and things will surely feel lighter.

  2. It is all God’s play

    Everything is God’s , His play. The good, the bad and the ugly are all Your name. So trust your ishta devata, surrender to your ishta devata, and stay connected, always.

  3. One mantra, every day

    Keep one mantra of your ishta devata with you all the time. Begin with 21 a day, then grow to 108. For my own daily chanting, I set an alarm for one hour and simply keep chanting, whatever the count. The count matters only when you take up .

  4. Start while life is good

    Begin when everything is going well. Don’t wait for a disaster. And if things are already hard, that’s fine too: start now.

    There are no shortcuts, and this is not a business deal. Your ishta devata sees your past, your present and your future. Nothing can be hidden and nothing can be tricked, so be completely honest.

  5. When chanting starts by itself

    One day the chanting will begin on its own, in your sleep or whenever your mind falls quiet. That is the first stage of the practice. Keep going.

  6. The blessing is already here

    It isn’t that your ishta devata blesses only those who chant. The blessing is already everywhere, and it is for everyone. Chanting is simply how you tune in and begin to receive it.

  7. Seeing life as it is

    Keep chanting, and in time pain, problems and worldly pleasure merge into one. You see them as they are: the essentials of life, the leela. Nothing bothers you anymore. This is why great sages and saints went through physical suffering yet always lived in a different zone.

    Many people ask, “If he was such a great devotee, why didn’t his ishta devata cure his disease?” That question comes from a different understanding of life. I understand it completely, and I don’t want to make light of it. When the body is suffering, all of this is easier said than done.

  8. Even death

    Death feels terrifying. Yet there are stories of people who left their body on their own, in . Don’t wait for old age to wake up to this. Keep chanting, and your ishta devata will take you where you are meant to be.

The one thing you have to do

If there is one thing you have to do, it is this: complete surrender.