Spiritual practice without expectations

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On Sakam* and Nishkam spiritual practice

<br>(With and without expectations)<br><br>Spiritual

practice with expectation of material benefits is akin to

having a business relationship with God. One should seek

instead to have a father-son relationship with one’s

divine Father. Just as a son knows that his needs will

be taken care of by his father because of his

relationship, the seeker doing spiritual practice without

expectation of material benefits knows that The Lord will

take care of all his needs. One needs to develop faith

to be able to do spiritual practice without

expectations.<br><br>When spiritual practice is done without expectations

it results in faster spiritual progress, as against

spiritual practice done with expectation of material

benefits. This is because, in the former, no spiritual

energy is spent in fulfilling one’s desires, unlike in

the latter. Also, in the former, one makes spiritual

progress while one’s needs/desires are taken care of all

the same, while in the latter, only the desires get

fulfilled without much accompanying spiritual

progress.<br><br>*Refer to Issue #54 for further details about sakam and

nishkam spiritual practice. <br><br>Source

<a href=http://www.sanatan.org/weekly

target=new>http://www.sanatan.org/weekly</a> (issue # 93)