Today, I thought of writing about an offbeat topic, which still makes sense. Taking and compiling this abstract from some old pages of my diary:
It is really difficult to define the terms “Unattached work” and “Absolute unselfishness” in a very precise manner, because more or less these are the things to realize. Most of our thoughts are borrowed from some sources. They may be books or our ancestors. My case is also not a different one. After analyzing them, our creative mind makes its own theory. Sometimes it results in exactly the same theory with more or less intensity. I am fortunate to get more intensified. But whatever I've understood till date is not enough to show a clear view of all these terms containing lots of mystery. Today, I’ll write only about the borrowed things and most of the ideas are taken from Geeta. All the Shlokas written are the greatest philosophical weapons for any era. But a new compilation, new illustration is needed to understand the real meaning hidden with them. Anyway…
Unattached work (Nishkam Karm) is a very deep thing. For the moment, without going into details of different forms of Yoga, our center of concentration will be the battle field of “Karm Yoga”. I'll try to define the terms with respect to this yoga as I think we are, by default, attached with the "Karm Sansar". To start with it, it's better to follow the simple meaning of a Shloka –
"Hato va prapysi swargam, jitva va bhokshyase maheem.
Tasmaduttisth kauntaiya, yuddhay krit nischyah."
It clearly says if you'll do the work successfully, you are definitely going to get something. If you won't, still you are bound to get something. You should not be worried about the results. It's your duty, don't do it for others or for any benefits. Just do it only because it’s your duty. At the same time you shouldn't think about the output. Try to be the same in joys and sorrows. If you see any sorry picture from different perspectives, you'll ultimately find a joy in it. In Shakespeare's words, "Nothing is good or bad, thinking makes it so". That’s what is written so many times in our mythological epics. Trust me it's not easy to experience these feelings. It's hard to feel this strange power of total innerness (that raised one more question, what is success, whether it exists or not? but to make the things smooth - take the simple lexicon oriented meaning of success) and a long road is ahead. Meditation techniques can be a nice helping toolkit to achieve this state, but it's not always true. I used to and still like worships in form of prayers. At the same time I also try to find the “sva” contained in me. For what purpose? There is not any. Depending upon the personal feelings, a person can follow any path as the goal is same. Fluctuations and distractions will always be there, after all we are human beings; but realization should be there.
Another term “Absolute unselfishness” (Param Niswarth) is simple in meaning, but it’s near to impossible to implement. If you are giving something to a beggar, you’ll think that “Chalo aaj ek Punya ka kam to kiya”. If you are praying in Mandir, you’ll think “Bhagwan ki Kripa bani rahe ham par”. If not all these, you are certainly bound to do something for your family members or familiars. If parents give shelter and love to their children, they do it because it’s their duty or love. But here also a kind of selfishness is attached. So many simple things we do, purposefully or ignorantly, almost always involve a bit of selfishness. I can’t give a right solution to prevent this feeling, but it will disappear once we attend all the traits of “SatoGun”. Hard enough to attend those.
Enough for the day. I have left so many unanswered questions. Probably these words have lost the intensity within me with time after seeing more and more of real world. There is only hope that whatever is written would help to open a new world or to look at it in a different way.
- Neeraj Mathpal
April 29, 2008
It is really difficult to define the terms “Unattached work” and “Absolute unselfishness” in a very precise manner, because more or less these are the things to realize. Most of our thoughts are borrowed from some sources. They may be books or our ancestors. My case is also not a different one. After analyzing them, our creative mind makes its own theory. Sometimes it results in exactly the same theory with more or less intensity. I am fortunate to get more intensified. But whatever I've understood till date is not enough to show a clear view of all these terms containing lots of mystery. Today, I’ll write only about the borrowed things and most of the ideas are taken from Geeta. All the Shlokas written are the greatest philosophical weapons for any era. But a new compilation, new illustration is needed to understand the real meaning hidden with them. Anyway…
Unattached work (Nishkam Karm) is a very deep thing. For the moment, without going into details of different forms of Yoga, our center of concentration will be the battle field of “Karm Yoga”. I'll try to define the terms with respect to this yoga as I think we are, by default, attached with the "Karm Sansar". To start with it, it's better to follow the simple meaning of a Shloka –
"Hato va prapysi swargam, jitva va bhokshyase maheem.
Tasmaduttisth kauntaiya, yuddhay krit nischyah."
It clearly says if you'll do the work successfully, you are definitely going to get something. If you won't, still you are bound to get something. You should not be worried about the results. It's your duty, don't do it for others or for any benefits. Just do it only because it’s your duty. At the same time you shouldn't think about the output. Try to be the same in joys and sorrows. If you see any sorry picture from different perspectives, you'll ultimately find a joy in it. In Shakespeare's words, "Nothing is good or bad, thinking makes it so". That’s what is written so many times in our mythological epics. Trust me it's not easy to experience these feelings. It's hard to feel this strange power of total innerness (that raised one more question, what is success, whether it exists or not? but to make the things smooth - take the simple lexicon oriented meaning of success) and a long road is ahead. Meditation techniques can be a nice helping toolkit to achieve this state, but it's not always true. I used to and still like worships in form of prayers. At the same time I also try to find the “sva” contained in me. For what purpose? There is not any. Depending upon the personal feelings, a person can follow any path as the goal is same. Fluctuations and distractions will always be there, after all we are human beings; but realization should be there.
Another term “Absolute unselfishness” (Param Niswarth) is simple in meaning, but it’s near to impossible to implement. If you are giving something to a beggar, you’ll think that “Chalo aaj ek Punya ka kam to kiya”. If you are praying in Mandir, you’ll think “Bhagwan ki Kripa bani rahe ham par”. If not all these, you are certainly bound to do something for your family members or familiars. If parents give shelter and love to their children, they do it because it’s their duty or love. But here also a kind of selfishness is attached. So many simple things we do, purposefully or ignorantly, almost always involve a bit of selfishness. I can’t give a right solution to prevent this feeling, but it will disappear once we attend all the traits of “SatoGun”. Hard enough to attend those.
Enough for the day. I have left so many unanswered questions. Probably these words have lost the intensity within me with time after seeing more and more of real world. There is only hope that whatever is written would help to open a new world or to look at it in a different way.
- Neeraj Mathpal
April 29, 2008
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