PURSUIT of one’s ‘truest interest’ and vision in life in an effective and fulfilled manner is, verily, also spiritual living because real spirituality is always rooted in effectiveness and tangible accomplishment. The ultimate in all quests is on knowing and discovering oneself (atma gnanam), which thus is the same as discovering this ‘truest interest’.
No spiritual path can also ever be effective if this is not marked by consistency. Any waxing or waning in the intensity of one’s pursuit would suggest some deficiency in the needed self knowledge and self realisation. True consistency never permits any vacillation or any feelings of, “it might have been” or “it is, but hadn’t ought to be”.
This consistency is also the acid test to determine how far one is truly on his spiritual path. True progress in this direction also is the precursor to that ultimate stability, which alone would lend fulfilment to all efforts in pursuing one’s cherished goals and dreams. After all, struggles, hard work, tight rope walking and traversing the ‘razor’s edge’ (as noted by Katha Upanishad) should, sooner or later, crystallise into that happy feeling of having “arrived”. All hill climbing and trudging upwards would prove pointless unless one reaches the plateau to have a blissful view of the panorama!
The visible signs of having stabilised on one’s ‘truest interest’ would also be the fulfilment, peace and ‘flow’, which one would feel always, rooted also in his courage of conviction. He would never, in this state, be dissuaded by external criticism or even ridicule. Naturalness, ease, elegance and effortless time management would also insure against any physical or psychological burnout because all work, in this evolved state, would, being rewards in themselves, prove to be true stress busters too. Not merely obstacles and objections, but also the needless chores, relationships, commitments and hobnobbing would drop, as if by themselves!
While declaring that this consistency and stability (samatvam) is verily yoga, the Bhagavad Gita also exhorts (2, 48) every aspirant to issue forth all his actions from the bedrock of this supreme wisdom — yogastah kuru karmani. This ultimate attainment is also that state where, as Wordsworth notes, “all which we behold is full of blessings”. Indeed, stabilising on one’s ‘truest interest’ is also the art of ‘waking up’ to make one’s dreams and all cherished pet aspirations come true!
(SOURCE: THE ET)
No spiritual path can also ever be effective if this is not marked by consistency. Any waxing or waning in the intensity of one’s pursuit would suggest some deficiency in the needed self knowledge and self realisation. True consistency never permits any vacillation or any feelings of, “it might have been” or “it is, but hadn’t ought to be”.
This consistency is also the acid test to determine how far one is truly on his spiritual path. True progress in this direction also is the precursor to that ultimate stability, which alone would lend fulfilment to all efforts in pursuing one’s cherished goals and dreams. After all, struggles, hard work, tight rope walking and traversing the ‘razor’s edge’ (as noted by Katha Upanishad) should, sooner or later, crystallise into that happy feeling of having “arrived”. All hill climbing and trudging upwards would prove pointless unless one reaches the plateau to have a blissful view of the panorama!
The visible signs of having stabilised on one’s ‘truest interest’ would also be the fulfilment, peace and ‘flow’, which one would feel always, rooted also in his courage of conviction. He would never, in this state, be dissuaded by external criticism or even ridicule. Naturalness, ease, elegance and effortless time management would also insure against any physical or psychological burnout because all work, in this evolved state, would, being rewards in themselves, prove to be true stress busters too. Not merely obstacles and objections, but also the needless chores, relationships, commitments and hobnobbing would drop, as if by themselves!
While declaring that this consistency and stability (samatvam) is verily yoga, the Bhagavad Gita also exhorts (2, 48) every aspirant to issue forth all his actions from the bedrock of this supreme wisdom — yogastah kuru karmani. This ultimate attainment is also that state where, as Wordsworth notes, “all which we behold is full of blessings”. Indeed, stabilising on one’s ‘truest interest’ is also the art of ‘waking up’ to make one’s dreams and all cherished pet aspirations come true!
(SOURCE: THE ET)
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