I do meditate twice a day in the way the mother has mentioned: one must meditate and remember her as soon as I wake up and before sleeping I pray to her and before having food too I remember her. Is this enough for eventually tuning myself to the Divine will? Or are there are other helpful things I can do, or things I must know to be able to be in touch with the will of the divine mother? I’m very grateful for your continued guidance.
That is a most relevant question. The Mother herself has answered it. Here is her Guidance on the subject.
‘It is a great error to suppose that the Divine Will is always acting openly in the world. All that happens is not, in fact, divine: the Supreme Will is distorted in the manifestation owing to the combination of lower forces which translate it. They are the medium which falsifies its impetus and gives it an undivine result.’
(Ref. https://incarnateword.in/cwm/03/knowledge-by-unity-with-the-divine-the-divine-will-in-the-world#p5)
‘Without silence of mind it is really difficult to know the Divine Will.
It is almost impossible, because there is always the risk of taking one’s own mental formation for the expression of the divine will.
A great intensity of aspiration can help to obtain this mental silence — an aspiration that is not formulated in words.’
(Ref. https://incarnateword.in/cwm/19/4-april-1970)
‘If one is plastic in all circumstances, isn’t it a weakness?
But you are not asked to be plastic to the will of others! Nobody asked you to be plastic in relation to others. You are asked to be plastic to the divine Will—which is not quite the same thing! And that requires a great strength because the very first thing that will happen to you is to be exposed to the will of almost everyone around you. If you have a family, you will see the attitude of the family! The more plastic you are to the divine Will, the more opposition you will meet from the will of others who are not accustomed to be in contact with that Will.
If everybody expressed the divine Will, there would be no conflict any longer, anywhere, all would be in harmony. That is what one tries to do, but it is not very easy.
But it is difficult to know the divine Will, isn’t it?
We have already studied the subject at length. Don’t you remember what we said? There are four conditions for knowing the divine Will:
The first essential condition: an absolute sincerity.
Second: to overcome desires and preferences.
Third: to silence the mind and listen.
Fourth: to obey immediately when you receive the order.
If you persist you will perceive the divine Will more and more clearly. But even before you know what it is, you can make an offering of your own will and you will see that all circumstances will be so arranged as to make you do the right thing. But you must not be like that person I knew who used to say, “I always see the divine Will in others.” That can land you anywhere, there is nothing more dangerous, for if you think you see the divine Will in others, you are sure to do their will, not the divine Will. There too we can say that not one among many, many human beings acts in accord with the divine Will.
You know the story of the irritable elephant, his mahout, and the man who would not make way for the elephant. Standing in the middle of the road, the man said to the mahout, “The divine Will is in me and the divine Will wants me not to move.” The driver, a man of some wit, answered, “But the divine Will in the elephant wants you to move!”‘
(Ref. https://incarnateword.in/cwm/04/14-march-1951#p5)
Essentially, we have to first remove all that interferes with the reception and tuning to the Divine Will. The single most important element that interferes with the Divine Will is desires and all its accompaniments, such as fear, anxiety, etc. Cultivating Peace and Equanimity therefore becomes an important requirement for receiving the Divine Will. In essence, one should quieten the noises in the mind and vital so as to tune to the Divine Will. And then faith and courage to be able to follow the inner Divine leading. It is important to understand that the Divine Will should not be judged by outer success. That is a very misleading clue. The Divine Will works primarily to uplift us towards our true goal and the actualisation of our true possibilities rather than to fulfil our blind desires.
Affectionately,
Alok Da
