Remove from the garden of your heart, the thorny bushes of greed and anger, jealousy and selfishness, the evil breed of "I" and "Mine". Uproot them even when they emerge as seedlings. All this discipline is truly required for earning Shanthi (Peace). Be firmly convinced that you are the Universal Soul. That conviction will make every subsequent spiritual practice very easy. If you fondle the illusion that you are the body or the senses, then any spiritual practice that you will yield will tender only rot-ridden fruit.  It cannot grow and become ripe and the sweet fruit of Peace cannot be won even at the end of many lives. Give up the theory that you are the body and the senses;  this itself will lead to the receding of vasanas (desires, tendencies) and you will acquire mastery and gain Prasanthi (supreme peace). 

-Divine Discourse,  Prasanthi Vahini.

The scriptures teach us that every single happening is His Handiwork and that everyone is a puppet in His Hands.  - Baba