“I like very much to engage myself in only this task.” “I sought to do good to him, but he ignored my desire and tried to injure me.” These are the usual causes for the strain and stress that people mention that the yoga of action (Karma Yoga) involves. Such disappointment makes one lose interest in activity. One wants to do good, and seeks to do good to someone in some way, hoping to derive joy therefrom and distribute joy. When such joy does not arise, despair sets in! But the real yogi does activity without getting attached, without being aware of whom the action helps or how. The lesson that karma-yoga teaches is: do the action as action, for the sake of the action! Why do karma-yogis fill their hands with work? Because that is their real nature; they feel happy while doing work. That’s all. They don’t bargain for results; they’re not urged by any calculation; they give but never receive. They know no grief and no disappointment, for they had not hoped for any benefit!
BAGAVAN SRI SRI SRI SATHYA SAI BABA
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