Principle of Detachment

Recently I came across a blog from one of my very good astrologer friend Milind Chitambar

http://astromnc.blogspot.com/2009/04/mandate-of-your-life-this-birth.html

He has discussed the "Mandate of your life this birth" exceptionally well!!! Whatever he talked about "Karmik debt and reward" is the expression of whatever we have done/happened in the past. It's the basic principle of universe. We also know this as Punya and Papa.

The good karmas and bad karmas we do,get recorded in our chitta(individual and cosmic consciousness). And these get manifested in future as sukha (harmony with universal forces) and dukha (disharmony with universal forces).This becomes the endless loop as past karmas drives your today's karmas and today's karmas will drive the tomorrow's.

Then question comes how to break this cycle? Here comes the Principle of Detachment in picture. It's the essence of Bhagwad Gita. It say's -

- Do the karmas/kartavyas(duties) selflessly.

When we start attaching self (I, Ahum) to karmas then we start having expectations. The expectations is at the base of all evils. We name it (Jelosy,greed,anger,hate...) we will find the expectations at the base. And I/AHUM at the base of expectations.

To elaborate more on detachment, we can take an example. If some one is working as engineer/manager,then he need to discharge his duties with full devotion and selflessly. It does not mean that work without any wages. If one does so then how he will fulfil his obligations toward his family? It also does not mean that work at half of the wages one should get. It becomes injustice. One need to fight injustice or somebody not doing his duties.

SO YOGI ACTS, HE DOES NOT REACTS. HE IS ALWAYS IN FULL CONTROL OF HIS ACTIONS AND THOUGHTS!!!

Here I am discussing the Grihasta,Not Sanyasi's. It's easy to detach oneself as sanyasi but difficult as grihasta. Imagine the universe with all forces refusing to do there duties. Imagine river stops to flow, air stops to blow. That's why grihasta has higher status than sanyasi's.

-Shirish