Guest guest Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 I did read a lot of posts about detachment w.r.t human beings. My question is is detatchment from work desirable and should it be a goal. I am a lil confused, because if i don't motivate myself by saying i will get promoted, i will never work hard enough. At the same time attachment towards work also brings pain. Especially when dealing with human beings, work politics is a natural byproduct. I often find myself incapable of indulging in politics, which would be a major minus if I want to grow. I also have set high standards for myself and seem to expect the same from others, which results in lots of hard feelings. At the moment I am going through a lot of problems at work and have been depressed for the last coupla days, I havent been able to lift myself up inspite of knowing that all this is a game played by the Goddess, so I thought I would write to my cyber sangha and my Chandi Maa will answer me through them....:-) I am being very selfish by cribbing I know.. but I am totally disoriented and my heart is aching.. Please help me Maa... Jai Mata Di, Jyoti Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Enter now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 Hi Jyoti, I could very well seeing an alter-ego speaking here. . Let's see if this helps you. Read below. , Jyoti Pierce <jyoti_pierce> wrote: > > Hello, > > I did read a lot of posts about detachment w.r.t human beings. My question is is detatchment from work desirable and should it be a goal. I am a lil confused, because if i don't motivate myself by saying i will get promoted, i will never work hard enough. At the same time attachment towards work also brings pain. Especially when dealing with human beings, work politics is a natural byproduct. I often find myself incapable of indulging in politics, which would be a major minus if I want to grow. > Plain and blunt, same applies to work as to human beings. But let me also add something about work. It is good to have goals, not expectations. If you can differentiate between the two (I get the feeling that you think goal = expectation and hence this question about motivation), then you will clearly see solution yourself. Not only is it good to have goals, it is MUST to have goals. > I also have set high standards for myself and seem to expect the same from others, which results in lots of hard feelings. > This is expectation... let go of it. ACCEPT the world as is, don't EXPECT the world to be what you want. Bottomline, change the verb that defines your paradigm about the people in the world. > At the moment I am going through a lot of problems at work and have been depressed for the last coupla days, I havent been able to lift myself up inspite of knowing that all this is a game played by the Goddess, so I thought I would write to my cyber sangha and my Chandi Maa will answer me through them....:-) > Very sorry to hear about it.... pray, contemplate on right action, and surrender to Chandi Maa.... things will work out. > I am being very selfish by cribbing I know.. but I am totally disoriented and my heart is aching.. Please help me Maa... > this is not selfishness. out of a misplaced sense of guilt, you feel it is selfishness. this is a need for you. my heart goes out for you. Maa will help you, be faithful. > > > Jai Mata Di, > > Jyoti > Jai Ma! > > > > > Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Enter now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 OM NAMAH SIVAYA Dear Jyoti, detachment is to not be attached to outcomes. it doesn't mean you don't care. pain is the result of a desire for a particular outcome to a situation. Act wit pure intentionand a honest effort, then you can accept any outcome as GOD's will. don't let promotions etc. be your motivation for working hard. a job is just a means to an end, not the end itself. in my opinion, this human life is about evolving spiritually and helping others. everything else is a game to help you learn. THE NAME OF GOD WILL END THE GAME. some are fortunate enough to have jobs that help others. otherwise a job is nothing more than a way to sustain yourself in the material world so you are able do the REAL work. GOD IS THE REAL WORK. JAI MA , Jyoti Pierce <jyoti_pierce> wrote: > > Hello, > > I did read a lot of posts about detachment w.r.t human beings. My question is is detatchment from work desirable and should it be a goal. I am a lil confused, because if i don't motivate myself by saying i will get promoted, i will never work hard enough. At the same time attachment towards work also brings pain. Especially when dealing with human beings, work politics is a natural byproduct. I often find myself incapable of indulging in politics, which would be a major minus if I want to grow. > > I also have set high standards for myself and seem to expect the same from others, which results in lots of hard feelings. > > At the moment I am going through a lot of problems at work and have been depressed for the last coupla days, I havent been able to lift myself up inspite of knowing that all this is a game played by the Goddess, so I thought I would write to my cyber sangha and my Chandi Maa will answer me through them....:-) > > I am being very selfish by cribbing I know.. but I am totally disoriented and my heart is aching.. Please help me Maa... > > > > Jai Mata Di, > > Jyoti > > > > > > Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Enter now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 jyoti i, like manoj, am in the same 'boat' as you, having to work. and i have often suffered the difficulties of that. so i at least have given some thought to it. there are a lot of things tied up here. one is the actual environment, iow, association. we have for whatever reason, to deal with these people. they might be stronger at the moment than we feel ourselves to be. so we are at their mercy, in a way, in that their energy fields, verbal activities, etc., overwhelm us. a difficult work situation is a little like being sick. it is very unpleasant. only you know exactly how it feels. it takes time to fix, or heal. we can do sadhana, right association, whatever we can to lend energy to the other side of things, that is, the god side. this is a matter of time and patience. very easy words to give but not so easy to suffer through. it is your destiny to work through these things. this helps you guide mind into your challenges. growing and goals can shoot us in the butt if we do not think about them, over and over. huh? for example: what is growth? is it, a raise, spiritual growth, or what? american spirituality from the 70s-80s has confused this for a lot of people. what is a goal? is it a reward? or a direction and inspiration? what do we DESIRE? maybe, i must work to live, but in my heart, i must leave this place some day. or, how are these people suffering? there is the need also for oneself to recover from the effects and repercussions of karmic action. all this is the suffering. if we listen to maa, we hear some very good things, very good responses, that are very simple, like: pray. do such and such a mantra. all these things, these practices, are really actions of god-love. they return us out of the misery of this world to the spirit. but it is not like a light switch, as you are experiencing. we are like little angels, facing the wind, tears streaming down, we are hoping to see our god through this storm. he is there, he is there. pray and be steady as you can. bless bless bless. i go thru these pains 2, as i know others do as well. s. , Jyoti Pierce <jyoti_pierce> wrote: > > Hello, > > I did read a lot of posts about detachment w.r.t human beings. My question is is detatchment from work desirable and should it be a goal. I am a lil confused, because if i don't motivate myself by saying i will get promoted, i will never work hard enough. At the same time attachment towards work also brings pain. Especially when dealing with human beings, work politics is a natural byproduct. I often find myself incapable of indulging in politics, which would be a major minus if I want to grow. > > I also have set high standards for myself and seem to expect the same from others, which results in lots of hard feelings. > > At the moment I am going through a lot of problems at work and have been depressed for the last coupla days, I havent been able to lift myself up inspite of knowing that all this is a game played by the Goddess, so I thought I would write to my cyber sangha and my Chandi Maa will answer me through them....:-) > > I am being very selfish by cribbing I know.. but I am totally disoriented and my heart is aching.. Please help me Maa... > > > > Jai Mata Di, > > Jyoti > > > > > > Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Enter now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 4, 2004 Report Share Posted September 4, 2004 Namaste All, Affectionate detachment on the job, seeing God within others, no criticism of others, no gossip, encouraging words and constructive words on how to handle a problem. Non attachment to results, reflection on what was learned from success or failure. My experience in the work place has been an opportunity to grow in handling adversity and working with team and individual problem solving, a place to face my karmas ( good, bad, and nuetral and repeating until the lesson is learned ). The workplace has also been a place to perform my dharma. Om Namah Sivaya With Love Kanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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