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Dear Sowmyanarayanan,
You have hit the nail on the head. It is because we do not listen to our conscience we get o ito trouble. When you have full faith in God and do your duty surrendering all your actions, thoughts and words to HIm and look up to Him for guidance the voice of your conscience is recognised as the voice of God. He never forsake one who surrenders to Him, no matter what lapses are there in our behaviour due to ignorance. As Krishna says in Gita, 'kountheya prthijaaneehi na me bhalkthah praNaSyathi.' We think we are getting into trouble because we lavk full faith. No doubt, our propensities depend on our past karma but b not our actions.We do have free will, as you have rightly said and it means that we should choose actions and entertain thoughts that will take us towards Him and not away from Him.What the sentence 'yamaivesha vrnuthe thena labhyathe' means is that you can take steps to attain Him but when that happens is His will.But the faith that He will certainly do it propels one to carry on. To surrender means you place the burden on Him bharasamrpana with full faith mahaavivasa and he will do the rest.His grace may descend on you the next moment itself you never know. But all that one has to do is to be ready when that comes. Suppose you are debating which form of the lord to worship or about the right acharya for you, or any other action, put the burden on Him and tell Him that it is your look out and then do not worry about it. The solution comes of its own accord.
 
I was also uncertain once upon a time and was worshipping all forms of God and following all gurus with otu knowing which is th best for me but when the right time came for me suddenly I got a guru who definitely showed me the path that is riight  for me and thence forward I had no doubt. This is what I meant by saying that You do not have to choose your guru or form of Ishtadevata but they come to you naturally at the right time.
saroja Ramanujam


 
      
               Dr.  Saroja Ramanujam, M.A., Ph.D, Siromani in sanskrit.
  Please visit www.freewebs.com/sarojaramanujam
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