The art of work – Detachment directed by devotion maximizes contribution

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about the art of work as talked about in the Bhagavad Gita in 2.47 it states that you have a right to the work but not to the result do not think that you are the cause of the result and do not be attached to not doing your work so I talked about how say when we work the results are not in our control normally the results, the dreaming of the results is what inspires us to work but the results are not in our control a batsman may want to bat very well and score fluently but if the pitch is not good what can they do so we may want to speak but if our throat gets spoiled what can we do so the our endeavor plus something else determines the result and that something else you can call as destiny and if we don’t acknowledge the role of destiny then we think that I alone will determine the result and when we are not able to determine the result, when we are not able to get the result we start blaming ourselves but if a relationship doesn’t work out because that other person is unreasonable then there is no need for us to beat ourselves for that so if we recognize this endeavor there is destiny and there is time which will lead to the result like during conception the couple may try then there is destiny and then there is due passage of time and the gestation and then the delivery happens so same with farming so there is anticipation of the result, there is planning for the result which is like goal setting that is good, that inspires us to do our best but anticipation of result is different from attachment to the result attachment means we get obsessed with it and that distracts us from doing our best in the next thing that we can do so why do results not come out sometimes destiny is not arbitrary destiny is simply the result of, is the sum total of our own past karma so the delay between action and result that is determined by our own past karma so some people may eat and not get obese, some people may just eat a little and get obese that is by past karma some people are meant to be slim, some people are meant to be obese but what is important is our endeavour is in our hands so sometimes by our endeavour results come, sometimes they don’t come now when they don’t come detachment can keep us focused on what is in our control attachment to that which is not in our control disempowers us and the best way to develop detachment is by devotion because I understand that that which is not in my control is in Krishna’s control and he knows better than me what is best for me so we see the present and plan the future, Krishna sees the future and plans the present I talked about this girl who was forgotten but she was saved from an accident so by having faith that Krishna will work out a lot of things best for us we can do the best for what is in our control and leave the rest to him thank you very much so are there any questions or comments