I know that I came into the world with what I call 'big dharma'

Wayne Dyer, teacher of the spirit and voice of the inner path, once proclaimed: “I know that I came into the world with what I call ‘big dharma’—with a blueprint to teach self-reliance and a positive loving approach to large numbers of people all over the globe. I am ever so grateful for the circumstances of my life that allowed me to be pretty much left alone and to develop as I was so intended in this incarnation.” In these words lies the vision of a soul who saw life not as chance, but as destiny, guided by a higher order and called to service.

The essence of his wisdom is the recognition of dharma, the sacred duty or life-purpose spoken of in the scriptures of the East. To live one’s dharma is to walk in harmony with the divine blueprint of existence, fulfilling the role the universe has inscribed upon the soul. Dyer believed his task was not small, but vast—“big dharma”—to teach self-reliance and to spread love across the globe. This was no burden to him, but a blessing, for he saw his life as a vessel through which higher truths could be poured into the hearts of many.

History mirrors this truth in the life of Mahatma Gandhi, who too believed that he was born with a sacred calling. Through his doctrine of nonviolence, he taught not only India but the world that strength comes through peace, and that self-reliance—spinning one’s own cloth, living simply, resisting oppression with truth—was the way to freedom. Like Dyer, Gandhi saw himself as a servant of something greater, a man who was not merely living, but fulfilling an eternal design written into his being.

Dyer’s gratitude for being “left alone” is also a teaching. He reveals that silence, solitude, and freedom from interference are gifts that allow the soul to hear its own calling. Too often the noise of the world drowns out the voice within, but in being granted space to grow, he discovered the shape of his incarnation—the life he was meant to live. In this, he reminds us that destiny is not imposed by others, but awakened in solitude and then shared with all.

Let this wisdom endure: each soul carries within it a blueprint, a unique duty that no other can fulfill. To recognize it, to nurture it, and to live it is the highest purpose of life. As Wayne Dyer teaches, to live one’s dharma is to give not only to oneself but to the world—to be a lamp of love and strength, guiding countless others toward freedom. This is the legacy of those who know they were “intended” for their time: they live not only for themselves, but for the awakening of humanity itself.