Life comes to a halt when I start thinking what I have achieved so far in the struggle of my life. Bhagwad Gita says " Karmanye vadhikaraste maa phalesu kadachanam" which means carry on your "karma"/deed without thinking much about the "phalam" / result. Just do it now,considering it as your duty, and results will bear fruit on their own. May be Lord Shri Krishna has told this divine truth some thousands of years back, which seems to be very much logical as such, but does it stand valid in today's competitive world ? Can we expect our Indian cricket team to just play the matches (that too World cup ones) without even bothering about the results ? If things go well then fine but if they lose don't we curse them till the last word of our patriotism come out? Can we ever separate the result from the deed or in simpler words can we separate the reactions from the actions ?
My poor knowledge in physics always reminds me of one of Newton's laws which helped me in deriving lots of formulas in my intermediate which says "To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction". When you disregard a beggar with out dropping a penny in his palm you get an immediate reaction on his face & if he is of our so called "Traffic Signal" brand then you may end up listening to "Sahastranamas" of yours like that of "Vishnu-Sahastranamas". The action/deed & reaction/result can not be separated in this case. There are numerous examples in daily life where we cannot segregate these two items. Moreover even if you try to visualize both the entities separately our society will not let you do so. Ever since,the day from which I have gained my consciousness,my childhood I have been asked to chase a dream as if I am here on this earth to fulfill someone else's unrealized desires. "Be the topper of the class" & you will get the cricket kit , "Obey these orders" & you will get a chocolate , "Finish these tasks" & you will be allowed to watch a movie and so on the list continues. Always there was a condition attached or I will say a result attached to my every action which always persuaded me for my next task. Basically I have never been asked to visualize the tasks ahead of the results. How many of us have been asked by our parents / teachers / elders to enjoy the task while doing so rather every time we are supposed to focus on the end result. Our society has become result oriented ,so to it only mile stones matter not the journey. The result is always waiting in the destination as soon as you finish your journey. So how can it be separated from journey ? That is what matters to the whole world ,"Phalam .. result .." is the only success Maha mantra of today. This so-called result analysis methodology similar to that of after writing a MOCK CAT has really shorten our vision to see beyond the horizon.
We are only confined to results of petty tasks in our hand, no one even bothers to think beyond that because the society rewards us based on the results. Almost every individual as well as every organization has turned himself/itself into some sort of "short-term Memory Loss" identity like the protagonist in the "GHAZINI" which can only remember & appreciate the results of short span of time. So when it comes to an aggregation /conglomeration of entire life our brain fails to perceive the result and goes blank like a newly formatted hard disk. May be Lord Krishna has to re-iterate Gita for millions of "Arjunas" like me in today's world.
My poor knowledge in physics always reminds me of one of Newton's laws which helped me in deriving lots of formulas in my intermediate which says "To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction". When you disregard a beggar with out dropping a penny in his palm you get an immediate reaction on his face & if he is of our so called "Traffic Signal" brand then you may end up listening to "Sahastranamas" of yours like that of "Vishnu-Sahastranamas". The action/deed & reaction/result can not be separated in this case. There are numerous examples in daily life where we cannot segregate these two items. Moreover even if you try to visualize both the entities separately our society will not let you do so. Ever since,the day from which I have gained my consciousness,my childhood I have been asked to chase a dream as if I am here on this earth to fulfill someone else's unrealized desires. "Be the topper of the class" & you will get the cricket kit , "Obey these orders" & you will get a chocolate , "Finish these tasks" & you will be allowed to watch a movie and so on the list continues. Always there was a condition attached or I will say a result attached to my every action which always persuaded me for my next task. Basically I have never been asked to visualize the tasks ahead of the results. How many of us have been asked by our parents / teachers / elders to enjoy the task while doing so rather every time we are supposed to focus on the end result. Our society has become result oriented ,so to it only mile stones matter not the journey. The result is always waiting in the destination as soon as you finish your journey. So how can it be separated from journey ? That is what matters to the whole world ,"Phalam .. result .." is the only success Maha mantra of today. This so-called result analysis methodology similar to that of after writing a MOCK CAT has really shorten our vision to see beyond the horizon.
We are only confined to results of petty tasks in our hand, no one even bothers to think beyond that because the society rewards us based on the results. Almost every individual as well as every organization has turned himself/itself into some sort of "short-term Memory Loss" identity like the protagonist in the "GHAZINI" which can only remember & appreciate the results of short span of time. So when it comes to an aggregation /conglomeration of entire life our brain fails to perceive the result and goes blank like a newly formatted hard disk. May be Lord Krishna has to re-iterate Gita for millions of "Arjunas" like me in today's world.
" Karmanye ........................"
