If we are detached from our goals what will inspire us to work?

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So whenever we are doing some work Thinking about the goal Inspires us, it motivates us So the Bhagavad Gita says Don’t be attached to the results So if we become attached to the results Then what will inspire us to work See, the Bhagavad Gita is very careful In what it says There is a difference between Goals and results Goals are what we set Before we do the work Results are what come After the work is done So the Bhagavad Gita is not telling us Don’t set goals It is telling us don’t be attached to the results The Bhagavad Gita is spoken to Arjuna And Arjuna Was a Warrior So when he fought war, he made strategies He had goals And Krishna doesn’t tell you have forgotten the Bhagavad Gita He appreciates the goals So the whole point We have to understand Why should we not be attached to the results Bhagavad Gita’s focus is again We have to remember our position We are parts, we are not the whole So we Alone don’t determine the result Any action That we do We play a part, but our part Alone doesn’t determine the result So there is We give an exam Our studies are one part of that But along with that There are so many other parts What kind of marks we get It depends on what kind of papers come in the exam What kind of questions come in the exam What is the Competitive level of other students at that time So many other factors are there Beyond our control which also determine the result So therefore When we set the goal So in every action Actually there are three factors Which ultimately culminate to produce the result In Sanskrit it’s called Karma, Daiva, Kala So our action The will of destiny and time All these three When they are together then a result comes It’s like a farmer And the farmer ploughs the land And sows the seeds That is the action The rains coming Appropriately in time In appropriate quantity That is the destiny And the change of season from the sowing to the harvesting That is the passage of time And after that The results will come The harvest will be there So similarly in every activity that we do There is our endeavour There is the will of destiny There is the passage of time After that the result will come So a couple may decide to have a child They desire to have a child They endeavour for that But you know even if they endeavour Even if they are successful the child is not going to come tomorrow It takes 9-10 months So like that in every activity that we do There is something which is in our control So the Bhagavad Gita When it tells us don’t get attached to the results That means Don’t worry about that Don’t get obsessed with that Which is not in your control So setting goals Helps us to focus on our endeavour Worrying too much about the results Actually Distracts us from endeavour So that’s why we can set goals But we needn’t be attached to the results So actually By that detachment from the results We will be able to Focus more Now say if there is a cricket match going on Or a baseball match going on If the batsman starts thinking If I score this many runs I will win the match What if I don’t score, what if I get out All that the batsman has to do is Focus on the ball that is coming right now Play it the best One ball score one run, next ball score some runs Just keep doing one thing at a time At a time Then only they can win the match So by being attached to the results We can get crippled We can cramp ourselves By focusing on the efforts We can release ourselves To do our best That’s what the Bhagavad Gita asks us to do Focus on the endeavour Not on the result