24 January 2014 - QA 6

Gurudev, wishes don’t let us relax. But without them, how can I move towards my goals?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

That is the role of knowledge. Knowledge helps you to move forward with wishes. With knowledge, patience increases. With patience, you can take any wish, that wish is called sankalpa (commitment/resolution). You can move forward rooted in commitment.

In life, Yoga is essential. If you want to be one with the Self; the One being, then you need to surrender your resolutions. Surrendering all wishes and commitments, you should sit for a few minutes thinking I want nothing. By doing this, the mind becomes stronger, the intellect becomes sharper, the body becomes healthier, and the spirit becomes gentle. This happens due to yoga. We become eligible through yoga.
The tendency of the mind is to keep bringing resolutions from time to time. So stay in Yoga, then from there silently move to the realm of doing.