art of working

Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Vedic Oasis for Inspiration, Culture and EducationCulture and Education

Bhagavad gita &Bhagavad gita &Art of Work Art of Work

Based on the teaching ofBased on the teaching ofHis Divine GraceHis Divine Grace

A.C.BhaktivedantaA.C.BhaktivedantaSwami PrabhupadaSwami Prabhupada

Before learning about WORK, Let us learn the Proper world-view

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1. Give up Unreasonable Expectations: Your mind has its demands, expectations and you want the world to cater to those specific demands. Many of us unconsciously demand that – People always like us, love us, treat us fairly People know our needs without our telling them; We are never bothered by the painful emotions that we cause others Everything should fall in place to bring success; and I should never face failure. I should never commit a mistake. Someone tells us that we’re OK. Disappointments cause stress. If you sprinkle rose-scented waters on others, they will smile and do the same to you. Reduce our expectations understanding that no one in this world is perfect except God. Extend respect, trust, kindness and love towards others we will also receive them in abundance from others. 2. Right definition of Success: In Bhagavad gita Lord Sri Krishna teaches how should one perform one’s duty leaving the result to God. In Vedic life, performance of one’s duty itself is considered as a reward. Recently, Indian youth worshiped members of Indian cricket team like gods just before the World cup match. When they lost the match, the same youth burnt their effigies. What does this mean? They don’t have any control of mind to face failures. Success and failure come and go in this world. We are not God to be winners always. Right definition of success can save you from lots of unnecessary anxiety, envy, inferiority complexes and depression. Success is not in the trophy won, but in the race run. If India is given an opportunity to play in World cup, that itself is a privilege. It is immaterial whether we win or not. Even doing an activity well is also success. These days over 1.7 lac students appear for the CAT entrance exam for MBA and hardly a thousand of them get into the most reputed IIMs. If we consider all those who didn’t get into IIMs as failures, then there is enough scope for a large population to have depression. After all what is material success? When we die, we leave behind our degrees, computers, suitcases, homes, relatives, post in the office, bank balance etc. Why should we allow worry of such perishable commodities that steal our peace of mind subjecting ourself to stress? In fact, the only success is to have elevated your state of consciousness, by improving the quality of your life. That is possible by living a God-centered life of principles. That is the real wealth that will go with us after death and nothing else.

Let us take a look at our own livesLet us take a look at our own lives

Skyscraper Buildings

Western countries have reached summit of material

advancement

Education and ResearchEducation and Research

Latest Technology Latest Technology

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Do we have toDo we have toPay a Price?Pay a Price?

Insecurity

Sleep Deprivation

No Trust!

Workaholic

Stress

Constant BoredomEver-increasing

Diseases

Myth of saving TimeMyth of saving Time

Modern way of living COMFORTABLY MISERABLE

Modern way of life provides us :Modern way of life provides us :

ComfortsComforts NOTNOT HappinessHappiness

MedicinesMedicines NOTNOT HealthHealth

CosmeticsCosmetics NOTNOT YouthYouth

EntertainmentEntertainment NOTNOT Peace of MindPeace of Mind

Life Support SystemsLife Support Systems NOTNOT LIFELIFE

Intelligent InquiriesIntelligent Inquiries

• Who am I?• Where from did I come?• Where will I go after death?• Why am I suffering?

In what way is human being superior to Animals?

In the four habits of eating, sleeping,

• Animals have Rational power and Intelligence.• Animals are better than human beings in many respects.

Ahara nidra bhaya maithunam ca Samanyam etad pashubhir naranamDharmo ‘hi tesham adhiko vishesho Dharmena heena pashubhir samanam

Mahabharata

Eating, Sleeping, Mating and defending is Common to humans and animals. What Distinguishes them is ‘Dharma’ or the ‘life according to Laws of God’. - Mahabharata

GOVERNMENT OF ANY COUNTRY

1 Home Ministry (Law and order)

2 Supplying medicines for diseases

3 Industrial and domestic water needs supply by Municipality

4 Ministry of Social Welfare (Supply of food grains, vegetable, milk)

5 Ministry of Energy (Electricity and Lighting)

6 Finance Ministry (Currency or wealth)

7 Health Ministry (Hygiene and sanitation)

8 Defense Ministry (Protection from dangers)

9 Education Ministry (Education for citizens)

10 Reward for best citizens

Illicit sex – AIDS, Smoking-CancerDrinking-Liver problem, tobacco-bronchitis, Law of KarmaAyurvedic herbs, Naturopathy, Go-Ark etc

Ocean water is salty. Sun evaporates it, produces clouds and rains to yield potable water

Air, water, grains, milk – all supplied through Nature; If Nature is mother, then God is Father.

Sun and Moon

Gold, silver, nava ratnas, diamonds etc

Sun and rain keep cleanliness, Pigs, fishes eat stool, Favorable bacteria

Ozonosphere protects living beings on earth,Immunity in body, blood clotting to prevent bleeding

Vedas, Bible, Quran

Benefits of Yoga, Meditation etc, Heaven and Spiritualworld for those who follow God’s laws and scriptures

UNIVERSAL GOVERNMENT

na tad bhäsayate süryo na çaçäìko na pävakaùyad gatvä na nivartante tad dhäma paramaà mama

TRANSLATIONThat supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those who reach it never

return to this material world.

Spiritual world

What is Life?What is Life?

What is Death?What is Death?

No One Likes Dead Body No One Likes Dead Body --

We Bury It or Burn itWe Bury It or Burn it

Where is the Active Force?Where is the Active Force?

The so-called beautiful body, dwindles and dies;But the soul within the body never dies.

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THE BODY WE SEE SUPERFICIALLY IS A PERISHABLE ONE; BUT THE SOUL DOES NOT DIE AT DEATH.

Is Matter Is Matter Conscious?Conscious?

Does it haveDoes it have DESIRE? DESIRE?

Does itDoes it FEEL?FEEL?

Does it haveDoes it have WILL?WILL?

Material View Point

We are bodies made up of matterWe are bodies made up of matterEverything is finished at death.Everything is finished at death.

Spiritual View Point

We are not the material body, butWe are not the material body, butWeWe’’re spirit soul, encaged in the material body.re spirit soul, encaged in the material body.

We do not die when material body stops to function.We do not die when material body stops to function.

Lord Sri Krishna instructs …

Who am I ?Am I this temporary body which is a bag of flesh and bones?

6 Changes Effected By Time6 Changes Effected By Time

BirthBirth

GrowthGrowth

SustenanceSustenance

OffspringOffspring

DwindlesDwindles

DeathDeath

The BODY and SOUL are distinct just as

The bird and the cage are distinct

The driver and the car are distinct

Thus you are the SOUL.Your body is just like a shirt.

REINCARNATION REINCARNATION

Soul changing bodies after Death

Art of Work Art of Work

TYPES OF KARMATYPES OF KARMAvikarmavikarma

karmakarma

akarmaakarma

Work performed against scriptural Work performed against scriptural directionsdirections-- Sinful Activities.Sinful Activities.

Work for which one incurs subsequent Work for which one incurs subsequent reactions reactions –– Material ActivitiesMaterial Activities

Devotional Activity for which one Devotional Activity for which one suffers no reactions suffers no reactions –– NonNon--ActionAction

Some are born

Fabulously Rich

Some are born

Wretchedly Poor

Some are born

Handsome

Some are born

Ugly

Some are born

Healthy & Strong

Some are born

Weak & Handicapped

Some are born

To Rich Parents

Some are born

Impoverished

But who is witnessing our

activities?

The Lord is seated in our heart as the

Parmatma as a witness to our

activities.

Lord Kåñëa says in the Bhagavad-gétä (8.6),

yaà yaà väpi smaran bhävaàtyajaty ante kalevaramtaà tam evaiti kaunteya

sadä tad-bhäva-bhävitaù

Lord Kåñëa says in the Bhagavad-gétä (8.6),

“Whatever state of being one remembers when he quits his body, O son of Kunté, that

state he will attain without fail.”

BearBear

TreeTree

In human form of life we have got

developed intelligence to

discriminate and lead responsible

lives.

If we engage in

sinful activities of

…which are known as the four

pillars of sinful life…

Illicit Sex

Meat Eating

Gambling

Intoxication

…we will suffer…

… KARMIC Reactions

…and degrade to lower life forms.

If we lead responsible lives following

religious principles &

practicing …

Austerity

Sacrifice

Cultivation of Knowledge

Associating with Saintly Persons

We elevate

gradually to the

kingdom of God.

Higher PlanetaryHigher PlanetarySystemsSystems

Lower PlanetaryLower PlanetarySystemsSystems

Middle PlanetaryMiddle PlanetarySystemsSystems

SPIRITUAL WORLDor VAIKUNTHA

is beyond Heaven and Hell

and all Material universes

Lord Sri Krishna said :

I am the source of all spiritual and material

worlds.

Everything emanates from Me.

The wise who perfectly know this engage in My devotional service

and worship Me with all their hearts.

The thoughts of My pure

devotees dwell in

Me

their lives are fully devoted to My service

they derive great satisfaction and blissfrom always enlightening one another

and conversing about Me.

To those who are constantly devoted to serving Me with love,

I give the understanding by which they can come to

Me.

ART OF ART OF WORKWORK

Art of performing Holy Workkarmaëy evädhikäras temä phaleñu kadäcana

mä karma-phala-hetur bhürmä te saìgo 'stv akarmaëi

You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself the cause of the results of

your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty.

(Bhagavad gita 2.47)

Art of performing Holy Work

You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but

you are not entitled to the fruits of action.

(example) CARPENTER

Lesson 1 : Everything is owned and controlled by God. Thank Him byOffering the results of your work to God - Food, Time, Money, Energy

No one can manufacture anything. All eatables include grains, fruits, vegetables, milk, sugar, etc.

Everything is supplied by God.

The necessities of life – Heat, sunlight, moonlight, air, rainfall, etc.,

—none of them can be manufactured by the human society.


Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities.

(example) FARMER & GOD

Lesson 2 : Everything is NOT in our hands. We can endeavor, but God has to give the results. So DO YOUR BEST & LEAVE THE REST TO GOD.

Do your best & Leave the rest

We are not in control of things in this world. God is in control. Who helps our body to grow in mother’s womb?Who replaced our milk teeth by strong ones without making them

all fall at the same time, but one by one ?


‘çreyän dravya-mayäd yajïäjjïäna-yajïaù parantapa’

‘the sacrifice performed in knowledge is better than the mere sacrifice of material possessions.’ [BG 4.33]

(example) Good News & Bad News from a Pilot

3. Work with knowledge of Goal of Life –To gain release from miseries and

to return back home back to Godhead.This material world is a Hospital, not a Hotel.

na tad bhäsayate süryo na çaçäìko na pävakaùyad gatvä na nivartante tad dhäma paramaà mama

TRANSLATIONThat supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun or moon, nor by fire or electricity. Those who reach it never

return to this material world.

Spiritual world

Paradise Lost….Paradise will be gained by your Holy Work

Due to desire to enjoy independent of God,

the soul is sent to this material world,

which is like a prison house.

JAIL

Individual Quiz : Fill up the blank with appropriate words based on the analogy of material world and jail :

1. Jail = ___________2. Jail keeper = Ans: Mayadevi

3. Food = ___________4. Medicine = ____________5. Checked shirt = ________

Where Does the Soul Come from?Where Does the Soul Come from?

The soul originally belongs to the Spiritual world. There are infinite souls who are eternal servants of the Supreme Lord in the Spiritual world.

The soul originally belongs to the Spiritual world. There are infinite souls who are eternal servants of the Supreme Lord in the Spiritual world.

Due to envy and the desire to enjoy independent of the Supreme Lord, the soul is sent to this material world, which is like a prison house.

Due to envy and the desire to enjoy independent of the Supreme Lord, the soul is sent to this material world, which is like a prison house.

6. Whips = _____________7. Release = ____________8. Stay in state = _______________9. Laws of state = _______________10. Prime minister of state = ______

Just as the fish can be happy only in the waters, similarly the soulcan be happy only in the spiritual world, not in the material world

With any amount of luxuries and comforts.

How can we become happy ?

The part (finger) can become happy only by serving the whole (stomach).

The soul can become happy only by serving the Supreme Lord.

All the senses are nourished by feeding

the stomach

All the parts of the tree are nourished by

watering the root

WE HAVE TO REVIVE OUR ETERNAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FATHER-GOD TO BECOME TRULY HAPPY.

WE ARE LIKE THE LOST SON WE ARE LIKE THE LOST SON OF A MILLIONAIRE FATHEROF A MILLIONAIRE FATHER

SPIRITUAL WORLD vs. MATERIAL WORLD

OUR MATERIAL BODY IS A BAD COPY OF OUR SPIRITUAL BODY

The spiritual world is like a real mango tree on the bank of a river. The material world is like the perverted shadow reflection of the mango tree (upside down) in the river waters.


4. Give up unholy professions

Refrain from STRESSORS harmful to your body, mind and wellbeing

Non -

Veg. Intoxication Gambling Illicit Sex

Meat

Eggs

Fish

Extramarital Sex

Vulgar talks

Obscene Films

Alcohol

Tobacco

Drugs

Horse Race

Lotteries

Casino

TYPES OF KARMATYPES OF KARMAvikarmavikarma

karmakarma

akarmaakarma

Breaking Laws of God Breaking Laws of God

Good Work on material platformGood Work on material platformthat brings good reactionsthat brings good reactions

Devotional Activity for which one Devotional Activity for which one suffers no reactions suffers no reactions –– NonNon--ActionAction

Mantra Meditation

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama

Rama Rama Hare Hare

Chant

5. Remember the Lord by Chanting Hare Krishna.

Yoga: What it actually is Yoga: What it actually is --

Yoga literally means union in love Yoga literally means union in love between the soul and God.between the soul and God.

Yogi is a person whose life and activities Yogi is a person whose life and activities are oriented towards reestablishing his are oriented towards reestablishing his relationship with God.relationship with God.

Yogi could be anybody Yogi could be anybody –– Doctor, EngineerDoctor, EngineerProfessor, Housewife etc.Professor, Housewife etc.

MAN + TRA

MIND

DELIVER

Mind management by mantra

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8

13

18

Mantra Meditator in Alpha zone Relaxed Alert zone

Active

zone

Drowziness

zone

Sleepy zone

Hyperactive

zoneB

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Mantra Meditation leads to Relaxed Alertness

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Scientists have discovered that the brain emits electrical waves of varying frequencies in different states of mind. This frequency can be measured by a device called E.E.G. (Electro Encephalo Grams). For example, WIDE AWAKE AND BUSY IN WORLDLY ACTIVITIES - 14 to 21 Hz - BETA WAVES RELAXED AND ALERT- 8 to 13 Hz - ALPHA WAVES DREAMS- 4 to 7 Hz - THETA WAVES DEEP SLEEP- 0 to 3 Hz - DELTA WAVES Interestingly when we are meditating and as we go deeper and deeper, the freq of brain waves goes on reducing although we remain completely conscious during meditation, we can still reach to delta level during deep meditation. During mild meditation, we remain in alpha state. Hence through the observation of frequency of brain waves during meditataion by the above referred device, depth of meditation a meditator has reached, can be known and corrective steps can be taken to improve the quality to improve the health of mind.

“Everything started happening

for me when I began chanting Hare Krishna.”

Jean Claude Halliche

Youngest Directorof 3M Inc. - France

(29 year old)

“Chanting Hare Krishna has

made a tremendous

impact in my life.”

Albert Brush Ford

Owner - Ford Motors

“I've been chanting Hare Krishna for many years, and I've never found anything more pleasurable.

N.D. Desai

Leading Indian Industrialist

(Apar Limited, GE Apar Lighting, CEMA Tubes,

Apar Infotech)

“Chanting Hare Krishna has helped me face all the ups and downs in my life with a great confidence and peace of mind.”

Hrishikesh Mafatlal

CEO - Mafatlal Fabrics

6. Dovetail your talents and profession and offer them in Lord’s service.

The Most Joyful Yoga

BHAKTI YOGA

How to perform Work ?How to perform Work ?

1. Work with knowledge that, “Everything belongs to God”.

3. Work with knowledge of Goal of Life.

2. Work dutifully, without Greed,Do your best, leave the rest to God.

4. Give up Unholy professions.

How to perform Work ?How to perform Work ?

5. Try to Remember God by ChantingHare Krishna.

6. Dovetail your talents and profession and offer them in Lord’s service.

Hare Krishna ! Thank you very much !

7. Proactive Behaviour

Uncontrolled mind and senses

Do your Best. Tolerate all joys and sorrowsand try to turn the negative situations into positive.

7. Proactive Behavior

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8. Desires should not be expressed or suppressed, but sublimated: The main cause of stress is the hyperactivity of the mind, that makes the mind race after solving the perceived problems to acquire the desired object. Such expression leads to hankering. Acquiring the object leads to a momentary joy, but there is subsequently a fear of losing that object. Also one gets bored with what one has acquired, in want of variety. Just like if you want a particular type of car, you work hard and acquire it. Practical Solutions to Sense Control Have you seen the three monkeys—one with eyes closed, one with ears closed and the third with mouth closed – indicating that we should avoid seeing, hearing or speaking unwanted things that bring about degradation in our lives. But this is not enough. Artificial Supression will not help, Higher taste is required The process of restriction from sense enjoyment by rules and regulations is something like restricting a diseased person from certain types of eatables. The patient, however, neither likes such restrictions nor loses his taste for eatables. A doctor once told a Landlord, Jamindar to refrain from eating alphanza mangoes owing to his having Diabetes. The Jamindar was fond of mangoes and used to eat a lot before. Once when he was sitting at home, he found servants bringing sacks of alphanza mangoes and loading them in the warehouse. The Jamindar could not restrain himself. In the night he opened the warehouse which was filled with fragrance of the mangoes. He thought, “Oh, what cruelty! I am not allowed to eat because I have Diabetes. Let me better eat and die.” This is the condition of people when they are tempted by sense objects of this world. People succumb to temptations and invite enormous future suffering. Thus silent meditation or suppressing senses is recommended for less intelligent persons like Jnanis or Yogis who have no better knowledge. But one who has tasted the beauty of the Supreme Lord Krishna, in the course of his advancement in Krishna consciousness, no longer has a taste for dead, material things. Two component formula: Withdraw your senses & Engage them in God's service When one engages in devotional service (Krishna consciousness) then automatically material enjoyment becomes distasteful. Krishna explains in the Gita that, besides restraining the senses from sinful activities, we must engage our mind and consciousness on Him. He says: (B.G.2.61) täni sarväëi saàyamya yukta äséta mat-paraù vaçe hi yasyendriyäëi tasya prajïä pratiñöhitä "One who restrains his senses, keeping them under full control, and fixes his consciousness upon Me, is known to be a man of steady intelligence." The sure-shot method of controlling our mind and all our senses is to engage them in positive spiritual activities. Sublimation and not Supression is the solution Unless one is Krishna conscious it is not at all possible to control the senses. As cited above, the great sage Durväsä Muni picked a quarrel with Mahäräja Ambarisha, and Durväsä Muni unnecessarily became angry out of pride and therefore could not check his senses. On the other hand, the king, although not as powerful a yogi as the sage, but a devotee of the Lord, silently tolerated all the sage's injustices and thereby emerged victorious. The king was able to control his senses because of the following qualifications, as mentioned in the Srimad Bhagavatam (9.4.18-20): sa vai manaù kåñëa-padäravindayor vacäàsi vaikuëöha-guëänuvarëane karau harer mandira-märjanädiñu çrutià cakäräcyuta-sat-kathodaye mukunda-liìgälaya-darçane dåçau tad-bhåtya-gätra-sparçe 'ìga-saìgamam ghräëaà ca tat-päda-saroja-saurabhe çrémat-tulasyä rasanäà tad-arpite pädau hareù kñetra-padänusarpaëe çiro håñékeça-padäbhivandane kämaà ca däsye na tu käma-kämyayä yathottama-çloka-janäçrayä ratiù "King Ambarisha fixed his mind on the lotus feet of Lord Krishna, engaged his words in describing the abode of the Lord, his hands in cleansing the temple of the Lord, his ears in hearing the pastimes of the Lord, his eyes in seeing the form of the Lord, his body in touching the body of the devotee, his nostrils in smelling the flavor of the flowers offered to the lotus feet of the Lord, his tongue in tasting the tulasi leaves offered to Him, his legs in traveling to the holy place where His temple is situated, his head in offering obeisances unto the Lord, and his desires in fulfilling the desires of the Lord... and all these qualifications made him fit to become a mat-para devotee of the Lord." One may externally control the senses by some artificial process, but unless the senses are engaged in the transcendental service of the Lord, there is every chance of a fall. The Krishna conscious person is concerned only with the satisfaction of Krishna, and nothing else. When Hanuman went to Sri Lanka to search mother Sita, he had to go to the inner chambers of Ravana where there were all kinds of women sleeping. He had to study their features to know whether Sita was there. Although Hanuman was a brahmacari, still he firmly absorbed his mind in remembering Lord Rama and fixed his intelligence in the mission of Lord Rama and did not get allured by the different beauties. Thus a devotee can live and move even in a materialistic city full of maya and still not get tainted by impurity, if his heart is focussed in rendering loving devotional service to the Lord. Wind up the senses before maya; Exhibit the senses for Krishna seva The test of a yogi, devotee, or self-realized soul is that he is able to control the senses according to his plan. Most people, however, are servants of the senses and are thus directed by the dictation of the senses. The senses are compared to venomous serpents. They want to act very loosely and without restriction. The yogi, or the devotee, must be very strong to control the serpents—like a snake charmer. He never allows them to act independently. There are many injunctions in the revealed scriptures; some of them are do-not's, and some of them are do's. Unless one is able to follow the do's and the do-not's, restricting oneself from sense enjoyment, it is not possible to be firmly fixed in Krishna consciousness or even attain a peaceful material life. The best example is of tortoise. The tortoise can at any moment wind up its senses and exhibit them again at any time for particular purposes. Similarly, the senses of the devotees are used only for some particular purpose in the service of the Lord like hearing, chanting, seeing Deities etc and are withdrawn otherwise. Keeping the senses always in the service of the Lord is the example set by the analogy of the tortoise, who keeps the senses within. Desireless means to convert material desires into spiritual desires To become desireless means not to desire anything for sense gratification. In other words, desire for becoming Krishna conscious is actually desirelessness. To understand one's actual position as the eternal servitor of Krishna, without falsely claiming this material body to be oneself and without falsely claiming proprietorship over anything in the world, is the perfect stage of Krishna consciousness.

Proactive and Reactive Behaviour

Proactive language Reactive language

There is nothing I can do. Let’s look at the alternatives.

That’s just the way I am. I can choose a different approach

He makes me so mad. I control my own feelings.

They won’t allow that. I can create an effective presentation

I can’t. I choose.

I must. I prefer.

Circle of CONCERN and INFLUENCE

Circle of influence

Circle of concern

Circle of concern

Circle of Influence

Exam study

Self Discipline

PunctualitySincerity

Exam result

I should get what I

want

I want a better face

cut

Global Competition

Everyone should love me

EconomicRecession

GovernmentPolicy

WRONG Attitudes Assumptions

Proactive peoplefocus their efforts in the Circle of Influence

Work on things they can do something about

Reactive peoplefocus their efforts in the Circle of concern

Focus on Weakness of other people, the Problems in the environment, and circumstances over which they have no control

Proactive Inside – OutI can BE more diligent and creative to meet with the

needs of my boss…...

I can BE more planned in spending my time….

I can BE more patient and respectful to my team members to get their cooperation…..

Reactive Outside – InIf only I HAD a boss who wasn’t such a dictator …..

If I could just HAVE more time to myself….If only I HAD more co-operative team members …..

Problem Solving

Problem

DIRECT CONTROL Problems involving your own behavior

Solution

Work on improving your own habits

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Direct control problems are solved by working to improve our own habits like avoiding being aggressive, judgemental, making snap decisions without hearing both sides, downplaying, being sarcastic, impatience in listening, being egomaniac etc. Don’t argue for other people’s weakness. Don’t argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it—immediately. Don’t get into a blaming, accusation mode. Work on things you have control over. Look at the weaknesses of others with compassion, not accusation. It is not what they are not doing or should be doing that is the issue. The issue is your own chosen response to the situation and what you should be doing. If you start to think the problem is “out there” stop yourself. That thought is the problem.

Problem Solving

Problem

INDIRECT CONTROLProblems involving

other people’s behavior

Solution

Improve methods of influence; thereby increase your circle of influence ( inside-out, not outside in)

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Indirect control problems are solved by improving our methods of influence, thereby increasing our circle of influence, (inside-out not outside-in) like Understanding the individual, paying attention to details, keeping commitments, showing integrity, apologizing sincerely when we commit mistakes and Clarifying expectations etc lead to a positive deposit in the emotional bank of those who may cause us problems.

Problem Solving

Problem

NO CONTROLProblems we can do

nothing about

Solution

Smile and learn to live with these problems

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No control problems involve taking responsibility to change the line on the bottom of our face – to smile – to genuinely and peacefully accept these problems and learn to live with them. There are things beyond human control and one has no other refuge other than the Lord Himself who is the source of everything.

“ O Lord, give me the courage

to change the things which can and ought to be changed,

the serenity to accept the things

which cannot be changed, and

the wisdom to know the difference ”

Boost your Will power & Boost your Will power & Become a Karma yogiBecome a Karma yogi

Mind Control through Mantra Meditation

Sharpen Intelligence through Wisdom literature like Bhagavad gita

Eager, Inquisitive & Association of saintly

Eat Sattvic foods; Avoid meat, intoxicants, gambling, illicit sex

Live a life in harmony with Nature & God.

Thank You Very Much...May Lord bless youto become free from all

vices and imbibe allvirtues and bringforth

abundant Bliss !

CHANT …

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

AND BE STRESS-FREE !!

MantraMantraMeditationMeditation

STORY OF LIQUID BEAUTY

PrincessSweety

STORY OF LIQUID BEAUTY

QUIZ : What all lessons did you learn from the story of Liquid Beauty?

Beauty is not in the material body which is just a bag of bones and flesh, but in the spirit soul, a

part and parcel of Supremely attractive Personality of Godhead,

Sri Krishna.

Eat, Drink & Be Merry

PhysicalPhysical

MentalMental

Music, Arts, Poetry, Sports…

IntellectualIntellectual

Brainy GamesBrainy GamesDebatesDebates

WranglingWrangling……....

SpiritualSpiritual

Praying, Yoga, Reading Scripture, Chanting…