Hi everyone! A very eventful morning out
here, in the eastern region of the country, as it happens to be the eve of
Durga Puja. Mostly everyone in the region has been restless since a month
regarding the incoming of this festival...
But something that wondered me always was what the significance of God
is? Why do we worship it? Till today I have been writing and telling about
motivating entrepreneurs but if worshipping a God and having faith in him has
significance then it would be of a far greater importance for everyone and
anyone. So I have been going on for a few sleepless nights researching for the
same. The topic is so interesting and filled with facts that will surely
enlighten you regarding the laws of your life.
So why have I taken up this topic!
You see motivation is what drives or
inspires people to perform specific actions or indulge in specific behaviours
and attitudes to achieve or gain something. It may arise either from an
inherent condition or an external situation. Motivated behaviour gives you a
sense of purpose and direction in life. People differ in their motivation. What
you consider trivial may be a life mission for someone else, and what you hold
in esteem may be held in contempt by others. If you want to understand
motivation, you need to understand its main source. You have to know from where
it is coming, and how it is shaping your life and behaviour.
While
the modern theorists focused upon the physical and psychological aspects of
human motivation, the ancient seers and philosophers of India approached it
from a much broader perspective envisioning humans as role players in the play
of God. As early as the Vedic times, the seers of India probed into human
behaviour to understand the forces that drove people to indulge in specific
actions, goals, and attitudes, and their implications to human life, suffering
and salvation. According to them, there are four major motivating factors that satisfied
the most basic needs of humans and contributed to their peace and prosperity as
well as the orderly progression of the world and society. Dharma (Righteous Actions), Artha (Wealth), Kama (Sexual Desires), Moksha
(Total Freedom to Be). Thus, unlike the proponents of modern secular theories
of motivation which aimed to drive performance and productivity, the Indian
philosophers approached the subject of motivation for different reasons. They
advised people not to engage in selfish and profitable enterprise to benefit
from the economics of prosperity and mass production, but to free them from any
motivation to be selfish or self-centred.
That is the reason for me to pick up the
concept of realising your spirit, because only by realising yourself you can
realise the eternity.
Moving on, if you are with me, I said just
now that you have to realise yourself, so what is meant by that, you already
know who you are, so what is that you have to realise within yourself, that my
friends is your spirit, the soul that inside of you, your pure consciousness,
or simply should I say your mind. So, what is your mind? How can it help you in
motivating yourself?
The
mind is known in the Vedas and other Hindu scriptures as Manas. Manas is not
the same as the mind in modern science. Manas is considered the lord of the
senses because it directs the senses and keeps them moving among the external
objects. Symbolically it is compared to the heaven of the gods. When the mind
is absorbed in itself, as in deep sleep, one enters into transcendental states
and becomes united with the inner Self. This state is called Samadhi. Concentration
and meditation are the means by which one can overcome the disturbances of the mind
and experiencepeace and equanimity. A person who has
stable mind is called Sthithaprajna. The mind is fully active in the
wakeful state, partially active in the dream state, fully inactive in the deep
sleep state and absent in the transcendental state. Under the different states of the mind it
increases its power to control the various elements of the life...
Wait a minute; let’s take a look in brief
on the five elements of the body. We know now that the mind controls the five
elements of the body, so what are these five elements? Can we feel their
presence in us? Let’s take a look at the five elements, I will try to give you
an insight to it:-
Fire:
Fire element is the element present in you
that produces the heat required for you existence on earth. Our body
temperature always remains stable at 37.7degree Celsius, is a true source of
wonder for a keen observer. How can a body remain at a stable temperature? That
means it produces heat within itself. That is possible only because of the
presence of the fire element inside of us.
Water:
Water, the element with properties
congruently opposite to fire is also present inside of us. The proof of its
existence also resides in the question above. How can a body compose itself a
certain temperature? If the element
of fire is within us, than our body temperature should always be at a rise.
Rather than that it seems to hold itself at a certain point. How can that be
possible? That is the role of the water element inside of us.
Earth:
Earth, in context to life is mainly the one
element on which the entire organic world depends. In its absence, bodies,
which are the storehouses of life, cannot exist. That element is one which
consist of all life forms is CARBON.
Air:
Air, now how can this be a part and what
could be its role? The answer to this question is inside a simple question I am
going to ask you, What is the most important element required to keep a fire
running? Yes, you got it right, that’s oxygen. And what is the compound that is
basically release from a fire. That you are all aware of, it’s Carbon Dioxide.
Got it?
Sky:
Finally the last element, i.e., the Sky,
which the Japanese refer to as the heaven or the inner self, or Hindutva says
it to be the mind. This element is your soul and consciousness, the controller
of all the other elements. It is your spirit connected to the all pervading
energy.
Connect yourself to this energy and you
have an infinite flow of spiritual strength for your way of obstacles. For
entrepreneurs who already walk on a road that seems to be full of hardships,
reaching for your higher inner self is always necessary... There are many ways
of doing it... But the way most preferable way for those who work hard and play
hard is the Karma Yoga.
So now that we have realised, What is
spirit? What is soul? What is mind? You can easily understand how powerful you
are being a part of the all pervading energy (Brahman). But there is always one
thing to remember, power is directly proportional to accountability &
responsibility.
So, are we accountable to someone? Who is
it? It is our father and our mother.....
No, not our physical parents, but our
spiritual parents. Our spiritual father, i.e., the all pervading energy, who
has pure control over everything, the purest form of consciousness or “the
Purush”. We are a part of the consciousness who has met “Maya” or “Prakriti”
our spiritual mother, i.e., “the Feminine.” So, how are we accountable? We
cannot see them, so how can be accountable to them? How can they know what we
think, we do? These questions surely have popped up in your mental imagery by
now. The answer to these question is the fifth element present in you. Your
mind, you consciousness. Whatever you think, you do are a part of the Karma
Yoga I have reffered of before. Your consciousness is a part of the pure
consciousness. So whatever you do, is already seen by him, known to him, and is
registered in the cosmic registers. Do good but not out of fear, but out of
love, because we are just a small fish swimming in big river destined to
finally meet the ocean, i.e., ‘the Purush’.
“Do good, Be good, Life has its way, Accept
where it takes you, because that’s the way eternity wants you to go.”
OM
tatpuruùàya vidmahe mahàdevàya dhãmahi | tanno rudraþpracodayàt ||
We comprehend (realise) that
Celebrated Supreme Being (Purusha), and meditate upon that Great God, Mahadeva;
may that Rudra impel us to do so. This is the Rudra Gayatri Mantra.
May this Durga Puja the divine
consciousness bless you... and fill you with all the motivation and spiritual
strength you will ever require...
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