Question: I was moved when you spoke about the desolation Swamiji experienced in the early stage of His tapas, and I thought of my own times like that. What should one do at such times?

Babaji:

At such times, you have to reassure yourself that everything will be alright; because every soul belongs to the real Self, the original Self. All will eventually go back there. If one has a true Guru then He will guide and inspire you to keep on, carry on. One will find that whichever path one follows there will be obstacles, and we can lose the stamina to go on. Just like the exams at university get harder as you go further in the course, in the same way the tests from the Divine get harder as one progresses on the spiritual path. But the teacher will guide and inspire you, "Never give up", "Carry on trying" and so on. The worst thing one can do is lose heart.
One should adopt the attitude, "Do or Die", and simply go ahead with all courage. Throughout the history of humanity there has always been so much turmoil and struggle for humanity; but that struggle is so inspiring when we see it. So we must go on until the last breath of life. If you have a Guru, and then communicate with Him - nowadays there are so many technologies - telephone, email and so many ways we can do this. If you do this, then He will guide and inspire you. Through this communication, one will regain the inspiration to carry on.