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The Action of the Divine Will in the Life of the Spiritual Seeker · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  When a seeker takes up the spiritual path, he often
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  questions how to know what the divine will is for him to act
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  upon. Srioro Bindo gave us a clue in
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  his book The Synthesis of Yoga when he indicated quote, He who
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  chooses the infinite has been chosen by the infinite.
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  End Quote. We tend to live as if we are
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  separated and isolated from the rest of the creation, and thus
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  we believe the Divine Will does not work through and within us.
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  Yet if we shift our standpoint, we can see that we are
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  constantly being moved by forces that we receive from the
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  Universal Creation. If we focus our receptivity on
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  the normal outer life of the body, life and mind, we accept
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  and move based on the forces that are active there.
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  When we shift our focus to the spiritual quest, we become
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  naturally receptive to the forces that provide us the
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  opportunity for growth and development of consciousness.
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  At this point, the fact that we have chosen the infinite implies
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  that we are ready to grow in a new direction, and the forces at
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  work encourage us to do that. Human willings are variable and
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  constantly changing, fickle and unsteady.
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  New ideas come, new forces press upon us, new circumstances
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  arise, and we are off and running in a new direction.
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  For someone to stick with one focus to follow the spiritual
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  path thus implies that it is a greater will than the normal
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  human will at work. And thus we can determine that
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  we are indeed dedicated and acting under the impulsion of
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  the Divine will to achieve what may be possible for us in our
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  lifetime, under the circumstances of our birth, our
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  destiny, our society, and the impulsion of the Time Spirit.
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  The seeker who can do this finds that as the Divine Will works
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  ever more powerfully within him, circumstances and events begin
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  to align themselves to help achieve the object of his focus.
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  As iron filings align in the presence of a magnet,
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  Spioribindo writes quote, You have only to remain quiet and
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  firm in your following of the path and your will to go to the
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  end. If you do that, circumstances
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  will in the end be obliged to shape themselves to your will,
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  because it will be the Divine will in you.
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  Remain fixed in the sunlight of the true consciousness, for only
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  there is happiness and peace. They do not depend upon outside
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  happenings, but on this alone. End Quote.
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  Reference Sri Aurobindo and the Mother, Looking from Within,
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  Chapter 1, Looking at Life and Circumstances, pages 29 to 30.