When the Universe Acts
Everything I say, write, or do is by the blessings of my beloved deities — Batuk Bhairav Baba and Maa Tara. I am nothing without their force, their grace, and the mysterious way in which they move through human life.
After taking a break for a few months, I found myself reflecting deeply on my journey — the experiences, lessons, pain, pleasure, and wisdom that life has placed before me.
Some lessons came through joy.
Some came through suffering.
Some came quietly.
Some arrived like a storm.
This reflection has led me to write a three-part series: From Pain to Purpose.
The first part is about how the universe operates.
When I say “universe,” I am speaking of the divine force that governs life. For me, that force is deeply connected to my faith and my deities. For someone else, it may be God, nature, destiny, consciousness, or simply life itself. The name may differ, but the force remains.
At the center, let us call it the universe.
Over time, I have observed that the universe operates in three distinct ways:
- The universe aligns with your destiny and gives you what is meant for you.
- The universe bends toward your strong desire, will, and action.
- The universe strikes when something is in your destiny, but you are unwilling to act.
Each of these carries its own blessing. Each carries its own danger. Each teaches us something.
1. When the Universe Aligns With Your Destiny
Sometimes, the universe gives you what is already aligned with your destiny. It may arrive as pleasure. It may arrive as pain.
As humans, we tend to get trapped in both.
When pain comes, we ask:
“Why is this happening to me?”
“Who is responsible?”
“What did I do wrong?”
We point fingers. We lose balance. We spiral into anger, confusion, or helplessness.
When pleasure comes, the opposite happens. We forget everything. We get caught in the dopamine and serotonin rush. We feel powerful, validated, important, and sometimes even invincible.
Pain can break the ego.
Pleasure can inflate it.
Both are tests.
The universe is not only testing how we survive suffering. It is also testing how we handle success, recognition, comfort, and abundance.
2. When the Universe Bends Toward Your Desire
There are also times when the universe appears to bend toward our strong desire. We want something deeply — materially, professionally, emotionally, or personally — and through action, persistence, and willpower, it comes to us.
Naturally, we feel happy. No one desires pain. Most of us desire pleasure, comfort, recognition, family happiness, career success, money, status, or security.
But very few people consciously desire to become a better soul.
That is where the deeper lesson begins.
Sometimes, what we desire may not actually be right for us. We may not be ready for it. It may not be aligned with our destiny. Or it may come into our life not as a reward, but as a lesson.
The universe may give us what we want so we can understand why it was not what we truly needed.
That realization is often painful. But it is also sacred.
3. When the Universe Strikes
The third way is the most painful in the moment, but often the most aligned in the long run.
This is when something is already calling you. You sense it. You feel it. You know somewhere deep inside that change is needed. You are thinking about it. You are exploring it. You are contemplating it.
But you do not act.
You remain in the comfort of the status quo.
And when you do not act, the universe acts.
This is when life intervenes.
A door closes.
A relationship shifts.
A job ends.
A plan collapses.
A truth is revealed.
A comfortable illusion breaks.
At first, it feels unfair. It feels harsh. It feels like punishment.
But in time, you may realize it was not punishment. It was alignment.
The universe strikes not always to destroy you, but to move you toward the path you were avoiding.
That moment requires patience. It requires reflection. It requires resilience. It requires surrender.
Most importantly, it requires trust that the mysterious forces of life are working in ways the mind cannot immediately understand.
What Is Truly in Our Control
In reality, we do not control much.
We do not control timing.
We do not control outcomes.
We do not control how people behave.
We do not control when doors open or close.
What we do control is our action, attitude, discipline, faith, and tenacity.
That does not mean we sit idle and expect destiny to drop fruit into our lap. It means we must act with sincerity, courage, humility, and awareness.
Destiny is not an excuse for inaction.
Our actions become the language through which destiny manifests.
Every movement of the universe teaches us something. But most of the time, we are too distracted, too hurt, too proud, or too impatient to notice the lesson.
That is where Part 2 will go deeper: how to interpret what the universe is showing us, and how to act from that awareness.
Nature Is an Excellent Accountant
I want to end Part 1 with something that an advanced upasaka in the same tantra practice once said to me. It came at exactly the right time, when I was contemplating events in my own personal life.
His words stayed with me:
Nature is an excellent accountant.
At this specific moment in time, wherever I am, in whatever condition I find myself, this is the optimum and best condition for me according to nature.
Nature is very kind.
Depending on my karmas, nature places me in the position that is the best possible situation, the best deal I can receive at this moment.
When I feel genuine gratitude for that, nature begins to recalibrate my destiny.
Nature is not fixed in stone.
Destiny is not fixed in stone.
How I conduct myself, how I live, how I perform my sadhana, and what attitude I carry — all of this enters a feedback loop.
It enters my karmic cycle.
And that determines what comes next.
So maybe the question is not:
“Why is this happening to me?”
Maybe the deeper question is:
“What is this moment trying to teach me, and who am I being asked to become?”