Posted on: 25 Jun 2021
Śrī Soumyadip Mondal asked: On the lotus feet of Swāmi. As per Your suggestion I have memorised Hanumān cālīsā and praying God Hanumān whenever I find time. I can feel that I am being taken care of. But there are more to it to address. Whatever I know theoretically, I am unable to practice in real life. My mind is getting preoccupied with unnecessary but inevitable fear of professional issues at work place. Result is a restless mind. I am trying to overcome this as per my capabilites. I want to go in the direction of God which is a permanent solution and also happiness. Kindly show path to me so that I can live happily with peaceful mind.]
Swāmi replied:- If you want to come to spiritual line (Nivṛtti) leaving worldly life (Pravṛtti), you will have to face lot of strain in working for God and in this way, spiritual life does not mean peace and happiness. The difference is that you are working for permanent God in spiritual life and in worldly life, you are working for the temporary worldly bonds. In worldly life, you are working for worldly bonds because you believe that you are bonded with the world. In spiritual life, you are working for God because you believe that you are bonded with God. Worldly life is minus and spiritual life is plus. In between these two is zero, which is inactivity that gives you the so called peace and happiness. In both minus and plus you have love and not peace and the love makes you to work. Peace gives you happiness whereas love gives you bliss. The bliss is continuous in spiritual life, which is temporary in worldly life. Work is the real practical form of love. Work is called as Karma Yoga, which is the final step that yields the bliss fruit.