What is the reason for stress in God's work?

[Shri Ganesh V asked:  Padanamskaram Swamiji, Why do I get tense when I do God's work? My thought process is always as follows. First, I waste my time watching political and useless entertainment. Second, I realise that I have wasted so much time and hence get tense. Third, I look at fellow devotees and get tense because I realise that they have done so much work and I have done nothing. How can I get out of this? At Your divine feet, Ganesh V]

Swami Replied:- You cannot put both your feet simultaneously in two boats, which are Pravrutti and Nivrutti. Both these are having exactly opposite directions (Dūramete viparīte viṣūcī - Veda). Of course, justified Pravrutti (worldly life) is the boat that travels in the same direction by the side of Nivrutti (spiritual life). Only the unjust Pravrutti is in the opposite direction and this is in between justified Pravrutti and Dushpravrutti. In the unjust Pravrutti, time is wasted by useless and harmful entertainments. Hence, you have to withdraw from unjust Pravrutti and put both legs in justified Pravrutti, which is always associated with initial Nivrutti. The unjust Pravrutti will lead you into Dushpravrutti if you put both your legs in the unjust Pravrutti. You yourself have to take a firm decision in the view of your safety in the future.

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