I finally understand the concept of faith. True faith that doesn't ask questions. True faith that believes even when things go wrong. True faith that keeps its head down and keeps doing what is meant to be done. True faith, for me, is not blind belief. It is a journey - from Dharma, to Karma, and finally to the union of both.
I did not grow up believing this. As a man of science and logic, I resisted the very idea of surrender. And yet, life slowly pushed me toward something I could no longer explain away. So here I am - talking about something that science can't explain. But how did I get here? How did the true faith get in?
For true faith to creep in, you have to understand the concept of a higher power - that is the driving force. A force that is happening to you and all around you. You can have an illusion of controlling it for sometime, but when you truly understand it, you never were in control. I am not talking about some people running the world from an island, nor I am talking about a god. Though the comparison is hysterical - one evil force trying to run the world and a god trying to bring the balance back.
To me, the higher power is the invisible intelligence woven into quantum uncertainty, biological evolution, and entropy itself, the force that organizes chaos and nudges us toward our path. Mixed with things that are still unknown to the humankind - what happens before you were born and after you die. The former you will learn as you grow, but the latter takes a lifetime, or even more, to learn. But you can build a pretty strong thesis about it with the concepts that you develop over time, and if you are open to the universe.
So what does the higher power mean in my life? I believe that no matter what you do there is something that is pushing you to find what you are meant to do, or in other terms, the meaning of your life, your true path. You can try to push yourself out of its path, but some low probability shit might happen and it will try to bring you back. You can't escape it no matter what. You will feel that you are in control, yet you aren't. Looking back at your life, you would think that I should have done that, but trust me, it was never in your hand. You are here because every decision you have ever taken led you here. Not by chance. Not by mistake. But by design. The higher power is always guiding you, you can either be closed to it and resist or open yourself to it and flow.
To open up to the higher power, you need look more inside than outside. Build a strong sense of self. Create your own governing laws and be curious to go always one layer deeper with a simple Why. You need to separate you from you. You need to be open that you are merely a voyeur of your life. It's happening even if you are not here. And then you can observe the universe. You ask why, wait and then listen. Listen to the voice inside you. Listen to what nature is telling you. And listen to the signals universe is sending you. You can see how everything is designed to be there, for you, by you and from you. You might see it every second of your life, but even if for one moment you felt it - it will will be there with you. This feeling that there is something bigger here. And believe me you will never in your life forget it. This is the first step towards true faith. A moment of feeling the presence of a higher power.
The first step is hard but compared to the next steps it is still easy. It doesn't ask much from you. It is passive. It is you observing and you experiencing. It is low energy. But essential. This first step is DHARMA.
The second step is where people fail. They fall in the trap of the first step and start praising the higher power for the good happens and blaming the higher power for the bad happens. The victim mindset is the best way to know that you are in the trap of the first step. You will also fall in this trap, but only by knowing that you have fallen you will escape. The higher power will guide you, just listen. The key is to do the first step right. The first step is not meant to surrender yourself. Rather the first step is meant to seek what you are sent here for. To find the path where the energy of universe flows naturally through you. Where you feel the comfort and feel that the higher power like a downstream wind taking you with it. This second step is KARMA.
Karma is when you finally align yourself to the universe and find your path. It is where you realize that you are mostly happy. Emphasis on mostly - there is still entropy that might push you out of path, but you have to bring yourself back. You will find that the universe starts unlocking as you move forward with your karma. It will be hard, but you start enjoying the process. You starts seeing results of your karma.
And this open up another trap. You start over-emphasizing on karma and start forgetting the dharma. For every action, you seek or rather demand a result. You get a feeling that you are above all, even above the higher power. You start feeling that now you have all the control you needed for you life. You start imagining your life if you continue on this path. And then shit happens.
The results stop. You - since you now believe in karma only- keep doing what you thought you are meant to - but its not working anymore. I remember a phase where everything I touched was working. Results were coming. Recognition was growing. I believed I had cracked the code. And then suddenly, it stopped. You too need to Stop here. You are being reminded of the higher power again. Remember step one. You are being recalled and taught the step one again. Not because you forgot, but because it is needed. See the step one to three is not a ladder, but a circular loop. Even the gods have to fall back a few steps to jump to the next. You are only human. You are taught a lesson about how only karma can't bring happiness. How only karma is not enough. And here is you are able to join the dots. You graduate to the final step. I don't have a name for it, but its Karma + Dharma.
Dharma teaches you to listen. Karma teaches you to act. But only when both move together does life become effortless. You have found what are you meant to do. You have also found the sense of higher power. And now you can surrender. Now you just do you karma and let dharma take care of itself. Because you are being taught that its being controlled not by you, but by a higher power. This is where you will have the best lift. This is what true faith is for me. This was also my journey from dharma to karma and then back. And I think now I am on the karma + dharma path. But this road tests you too. You keep falling off the path. The key is to keep a reminder. To keep doing karma AND dharma. Not one thing alone. And to be honest, true faith is liberating. You have the burden of your action and not of the result. You start accepting any change in your life. You start believing in the greater plan for you. the dharma. You also develop a strong belief in self - as you have now found karma.
My life shifted when the Bhagavad Gita entered it. My curiosity about the Gita and Krishna led me to Osho’s Geeta Darshan lectures. Through those talks, karma and dharma stopped being abstract philosophy and became lived experience. The way he speaks about complex ideas - with clarity, logic, and depth - made everything feel suddenly accessible. It was no longer mystical or distant. It all started making sense.
I began observing my life differently. Situations that once felt random started to feel instructive. Actions felt more intentional. Results felt less personal. The understanding of karma and dharma, which had always seemed vague to me, became clear.
I would recommend Osho’s Geeta Darshan to anyone searching for meaning, direction, or a deeper understanding of where they belong.
Today, I no longer try to control everything. I focus on my karma - my effort -, accept that I can't control and then surrender the result to dharma. That is true faith for me. Not blind belief. But aligned action.