Coordination
of mind and body is necessary for the desired success in life for every
individual. It’s a well established fact that every action has a reaction. Each
and every particle in this universe is affected by each other; every big or
small action leaves an effect in the universe. Bhagavad Geeta describes the
doctrine of performing action without bothering about the consequences. Then
the question arises how is it possible to act if you don’t have an aim to
achieve something. Further to this, is it possible even to think of an action
if there is no goal to achieve? Actually there is a very systematic process of
having any thing accomplished in our life. In this system there is a Rishi,
there is a Devata and there is Chhandas. The whole system is comprises of
Rishi-Devata-Chhandas where Rishi is the one who perform action, Devata is the
process of doing and Chhandas is the object, the out come of the action. It is also
described in the terms of Knower, the process of knowing and known where known
is the object of process of knowing and knower is the performer of action and
it knows the process as well as the known i.e. the object. The process doesn’t
complete in the absence of any one of it. So what is the truth behind the
doctrine of acting without bothering about the outcome? Actually it is all
about the matter of bothering, confusion and anxiety etc which emerges as the
result of lack of orderliness in the consciousness and the lack of coordination
between the mind and body. When we talk about the action we talk about the
physical action that is performed by the body but is it the whole truth?
Absolutely not, there is a thought behind every action so we need to go to the
source of the thought. Actually thought is the product of energy and impulse;
when an impulse combines with the energy it give rise to a thought and a
thought will be as much powerful as much energy combined with the impulse. So
if a thought is powerful the action will be profound and result will be as per
the desire and there will be no scope for worry, anxiety and confusion etc. So
what we need is to bring orderliness in the consciousness and establish a
perfect coordination between mind and body.
Yogastha kuru
karmani sangang tyaktva Dhananjaya
Sidhyasidhyoh
samo bhutva samatvang yoga uchyatein
2/48 Bhagwad Gita
2/48 Bhagwad Gita
Arjun!
Establish yourself in yoga, and perform the action what you must do;
Get detached, be indifferent to failure and
success, and this stability is yoga.
Lord Krishna says to Arjun “Yogastha
Kuru Karmani” means establish yourself in Yoga and perform action as per your
Dharma (Yogastha: = establisf in yoga, Kuru = perform, karmaani = duties or
action).
Focused on action means focused on
the present. Establishing in Yoga means establishing in present thus you cannot
be in the past or in the future, and the past regrets and future anxieties
cannot make you suffer. Once you are settled down in the present moment, all
your decisions will be based on pure consciousness.
Lord Krishna describes “do your best
and leave the rest”. One should be focused on actions while being indifferent
to its results. He compared this to the lotus leaves where a drop of
water gives the impression of a pearl but once the drop falls off, the leaf is
completely dry as if nothing was there.
The so called de-attached attachment
is the philosophy, and the mantra to do it is “Yogastha Kuru Karmani”. Yoga is
defined as the union of mind and body, means the perfect coordination between
mind and body. Practice of Yogasana is like massaging every cell in our body
and making it free from all possible impurity and practicing of meditation is
like bringing up the absolute orderliness in the mind and taking it to the
state of pure consciousness. Once this state of being Yogastha is attained by
you “Brahma Bhavati Sarathi” (Brahma becomes your Charioteer) and therefore
nothing remain unachievable. So instead of bothering about the out come it is
better to establish yourself in Yoga.
Sunil Sinha