I am faced with a choice between two ventures: one with a peaceful environment but limited long-term ownership, and another with complex family dynamics and a challenging atmosphere, but where the income could be fully dedicated to a higher spiritual purpose. ⚖️🕯️[...]

Given the inner conflict between a harmonious setting and the aspiration to serve through the more difficult path, which direction should I choose?

Most of these considerations are peripheral. All kinds of people are everywhere and one has to learn to inwardly dissociate oneself from them, as Vibhishan did living in Lanka.

Equally, considerations of the future, having money and offering it for the Mother’s Work is a speculation. If the Mother wants you to experience the joy of offering and feels you are ready for it, She will arrange things accordingly.

The main consideration should be about the time you would need for the sadhana, for inner quietude and an ingathered condition. That should be the main consideration. From your letter, it seems overall you are more inclined for working in the mine that is 300 kms away from your place. I see no reason why you shouldn’t go there. Nepal too has a lot of drugs and unrest right now. Here, there will be material safety and security at least. Mixing with people is upto you. You can always stay alone and without mixing and free of unwanted influences.

Affectionately,

Alok da

1) I heard something like this in your talks – ‘If we take a long route to the Divine, through all experiences and meanderings, the result is far more enriched and many-sided, than if one takes the shortest route.’ Does this mean one should take the longer path?

October 29, 2026

The path does not open without aspiration. Before aspiration there may be faith which prepares us for the path. Faith makes one a devotee which is the door through which the Divine Grace and Protection reach easily to the devotee. But the entry into the Divine doors begins with access code of aspiration. Aspiration is the initiation into the true …

Alok da, what do you think about investing/ applying for IPOs? 📈🙏🏻

October 29, 2026

I am not in favor of speculation and putting money in shares. Mutual bonds or deposits with fixed interests is fine. But speculation is like a gamble and raises the price artificially. It is not a good thing to indulge into, from the spiritual point of view of course.

This was the second time this happened. I had a dream at night that my scooty had stopped because it was out of fuel; this was the dream. Now real thing that happened the next day was that the same thing happened, but because I was aware, I went to the petrol pump and the scooty stopped right there only. 🌙🔮[…]

October 29, 2026

These are dream signals given by certain benevolent vital forces that are in contact with you. Of course these will pass off as premonitory dreams.

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I am faced with a choice between two ventures: one with a peaceful environment but limited long-term ownership, and another with complex family dynamics and a challenging atmosphere, but where the income could be fully dedicated to a higher spiritual purpose. ⚖️🕯️[…]

Given the inner conflict between a harmonious setting and the aspiration to serve through the more difficult path, which direction should I choose?

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1) I heard something like this in your talks – ‘If we take a long route to the Divine, through all experiences and meanderings, the result is far more enriched and many-sided, than if one takes the shortest route.’ Does this mean one should take the longer path?

Alok da, what do you think about investing/ applying for IPOs? 📈🙏🏻