Recently I read a wonderful article on the topic of fruitless(motiveless) service or "Nishkama Karma" in ET; and I positively felt for the intent that article desired to carry. I have decided to note down some lines of the article in this blog of mine.
>>Valuvar, author of great Tamil work, Tirukkural, notes that all worldly attachments should be renonced gradually and in right time.
>>Socrates declares, "To have no wants is divine".
>>Total renounciation of worldly bounds and possessions could actually prove impractical in many cases. However, the concept of renouncing the fruits of one's actions could, in fact, prove not only practical but also rewarding.
>>Bhagwad Gita has a famous injunction : "You have rights only to the action; never to its fruits".
>>In this state of reorientation of priorities, all actions are performed as discharge of one's sublime duty with joy and dedication, as rewards in themselves. In fact the Gita terms this approach as true sacrifice(tyaga) and total renounciation(sanyasa).
>>Modern management concepts and also scientific and practical studies, as that of American psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on 'flow' and clarity has also borne out the fact that power, concentrationa and effectiveness are concomitant with any work done for its own sake, regardless of status, money or acclaim that may accrue in consequence. This indeed is nishkama karma or Karma Yoga, whereby energy, anxities and obsessive analysis that would otherwise have been expended on brooding over the results are now channeled to constructive and effective work. This actually serves to contribute to the favourable final outcome.
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