We have read in the Bhagavad Gita to be non-attached to the fruits of one’s action. Just give attention to the action itself. The fruit will come of its own accord. I totally believe in this but find it difficult to bring it in practice. I find myself craving for the results all the more when i m giving my 100% to the action. How can i detach myself to the outcome.
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you’re allowing your ego and fear to get the better of you.
as long as you know deep down that the outcome will be as you desired, it will.
you are supposed to have trust and faith, do not obsess about it (as this is a form of fear, and fear blocks everything)
imagine that you already have/are doing what you desire..in this present moment and thank/be grateful that you have it…..then you are supposed to detach from it and allow things to unfold.
another method similar to yours is to finish it off (before you detach yourself) is to say a simple incantation such as “so it is/so be it/ it is done ” etc…to acknowledge that what you want is coming. OR to say (and believe) “this (your desire) or something better”
then the universe will answer to you.
What you have read in Gita is the essence of life. Once we learn the trick of not attaching ourselves with anything, our lives will be as beautiful as the nature. Love the work, love the act, love moment of presence, then result will automatically follow you; even if it does not – you will be able to bear it with joy and happiness.
This life is already complex, we need to make it simple it simple through our detachment.
It is very simple. DO NOT concentrate on actions ( nor of course on their results) . Having decided that the particular action is RIGHT (your swadharma) for the moment and place (Adhisthana) and is for Loksangraha – the good of All people, remeber Him (the “Upadrushta, Anumanta cha, Bharta, Bhokta, Maheshwarah, Parmatmetepi chapayukto, DEHESMIN Purushah Parah”) and thus saddled in Yoga, carry out the action of the moment , ‘naham kinchit karomi iti dharayan’.( All quotes inbetween inverted comas are from the Bhagawadgeeta). Astu.
I believe this is primarily correct. I should do what is right because I believe it is right and I am responsible to do it. The critical point is whether I am responsible or whether I am taking on someone else’s responsibility.
It is my responsibility to tell the truth. I am NOT responsible for the results of telling the truth. But there’s nothing wrong with weighing/analyzing when, how or to whom I should give the truth in consideration of possible consequences. Still, I must tell the truth.
That is the reasoning of 12 to 25 year old’s. They can’t see the ramifications of their actions. Their frontal lobes are so under developed, that they can not foresee the consequences. And if the Bhagavad Gita states that, it is totally mistaken (Which I doubt ). I think you are reading it out of contexts. “The flap of a butterfly wing can chance the course of history.” (A common quote)
Peace.
Mr. wiseman just ask yourself ,why are you present in this world? and if u get any answer then ask urself, why u need to do that? if then ur in a dillema then try to understand Bhagwad Gita if u can.
See it is very common to lose concentration even if you’re working hard. But you have to change your attitude towards your work and take it as your duty or your worship which you must do so that you can belong to the rarer lot who concentrate more on the work than the result.
The best medicine for ur problem is YOGA.I think the same way as u r thinking.I was confused.A religious teacher advised me to try YOGA.I tried n practising.GOD has not made me unhappy.
So,dear friend,collect some YOGA books n start immediately.U will find mental peace n God never lets down ,those,who reposes faith in HIM.
let go of the effort . . . work is work. In the end it is all unimportant. It is more important to realize the consequence than the result
Most modern management theories profess the opposite though, ” You should always set out with the end goal in mind, you should know what good looks like” , otherwise losing focus is easy.
This ver y attitude will make you act without expecting result.
This they say to have good concentration on the job.
Sowmya ji, It is dharma as long we work only for our salary, if we expect bonus, incentive and other benefit from our company, we are bound to get disappointment. I expect only salary not longing for other benefit. I am following this principle for 20 years, I am did not get any disappointment in my professional career. Ofcourse due to my hard work our bosses once in a while they give me bonus as reward to my hard work that time I accept it as Lord prasad. This is my personal experience in my life it is really working.
technical word..try & try but dont cry
In my own personal experience I set goals and worked toward them and achieved most of them in the earlier part of my life. Then I became very ill.
(I’m still gathering more tools every day 
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I continued on the same path, but my efforts were thwarted by ill health and for years and decades I lived in a constant state of frustration because of this.
One day I was in the hospital talking with a nurse and as we got to know each other he told me he wanted to be a doctor. Being supportive, I smiled and asked if he was going to medical school? His answer stayed with me forever. He said, “I’m going in that direction. I just go in a certain direction as long as that feels right for me.”
Wow! This had never occurred to me. Going in a direction…holding the outcome so lightly…living in the present and enjoying the journey
I admit I didn’t have all of those concepts at the time but I do now.
I go in a certain direction. Sometimes that path leads me to a fork in the road that I would never have noticed if I hadn’t taken the first path.
Maybe there is a time and a place for both kinds of thinking. For me right now, still being ill, going in a direction and holding the outcome lightly works best.
I’m not sorry that when I was younger and healthier I set the goals I did and worked to achieve them.
Maybe it makes a healthier human being to be able to do both, or either, depending upon the situation. The more tools we have, including different types of thinking or being, the better off we are in life, I think.
In fact, action and the result of an action are nothing but one and the same if you remove the time element from it. We are all always living in the present while our mind is oscillating between past and future and very rarely it stays in the present. Even considering it from an energy convervation point of view, if part of our mental energy is lost in worrying about the history or the future less energy would be left for doing the job on hand.
As an example, while writing in an examination, if you are worried about whether you would pass or fail or whether you would get 90% or 95%, you are not focusing on writing at that time and therefore you are sure to be less efficient. Same applies to the game of T-20 Cricket Matches where the players must perform their very best and only if they do that perfection in action, the victory is always their’s.
Bhagavadgeeta Chapter 2 Verse 50 the Lord Says: “Skill in action lies in the practice of Yoga” (Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam )
Whatever we do we have to do it with full concentration as all work is that of the Lord. But whenever there is a gap we must fill it with the thoughts of the Lord. To give a simple example when you wait for the milk to boil or stop the car at the traffic signal think about the Lord in the meantime instead of other thoughts. This will help you to avoid worries and fretting and fuming over things that do not materialize. Concentrate on your actions and when you get gaps on The Lord .This will come through practice