CHAPTER 18 - START A BETTER LIFE - LESSON 3 - (PART III) - JOURNEY FROM DESIREFUL ACTION TO DESIRELESS ACTION

 

So even if a person who has achieved highest conscience don’t undertake any desireful action, the person still keeps carrying out righteous actions for the universal good. For one if he stops, the followers will stop carrying out actions. Ordinary people do what is done by the role models and leaders because it is seen that when a role model accepts a thing as correct, the same is followed by people.

 

As per mental makeup of the person, upbringing, experiences (bitter or good during growing up), influences and situations a person becomes a desireful action doer or desireless action doer. Desireful action results in suffering and desireless action results in mental peace. Although the desireless action is better as it takes a person on a higher conscience level, but majority of the persons are entangled in desireful actions for various reasons. They are either convinced or unknowingly follow that path. With desireful action the fruits are sweet as well as sour. Thereby making a person happy or sad depending upon the outcome.

 

A balanced person of higher conscience and a leader should not be in a hurry to change a person’s orientation from performing desireful action to desireless action. Let the person himself through the journey of life discover the futility of desireful action....... keep reading

CHAPTER 17 - START A BETTER LIFE – LESSON 3 – (PART II) – ACTION OR NO ACTION

 

CHAPTER 17 - START A BETTER LIFE – LESSON 3 – (PART II) – ACTION OR NO ACTION

 

 

A doubt arises that – if, a balanced mind is the only reason which results in a non-doing (desireless action) then why should there be an action at all. Only keeping a balanced mind is enough to attain higher conscience or salvation or release. A gyani/ jnanin is a person who has achieved a rational mind. Lokmanya Tilak in Gita Rahasya Book 2 pg 930 writes - “On a question asked by Arjuna to Krishna that - It is then not necessary for a person who has achieved a balanced mind (gyani/ jnanin) to personally perform any action; and it will be quite enough if he imparts knowledge to people thereby making them wiser. Imparting knowledge itself is an action! To this, the Blessed Lord replies that: ‘if knowledge is merely orally imparted to those persons, who have not got into the habit of righteous and desireless action, (most of the people belong to this category), cannot rise in attaining higher conscience nor can they experience bliss. Temporary happiness on favorable outcome and sadness on a setback is all that they get by listening to a spiritual discourse. Unless they walk the talk, joy is away and permanent bliss is unachievable. If a gyani/ Jnanin absolutely gives up all Action, that becomes an example or illustration for the Ajnanin or ignorant (A person who carries out action with attached mind) to remain idle. Therefore, the Gita has laid down the important doctrine that, it is an important duty of a man who is a gyani/ Janin, to remain himself in worldly life, for the purpose of ‘loksangraha’, that is, in order to make people wise, and put them in the righteous path of living a desireless action, leading to joy. Knowing the path and walking the path are two different things. A stable mind walks the path. keep reading .............