Focusing on the Dedicated Action, Not the Immediately Visible Results

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In the bhagavad-gita Shri
Krishna teaches Arjuna that he

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has the right to action.
But not to attachment to the

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fruits of the action.
That is the results.

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In our world.
Today, we are fixated on the

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destination, not the journey,
and we measure everything by the

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immediate results, we obtained.
This process is bound to develop

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frustration, dissatisfaction and
impatience as the type of

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change.
We seek in yoga, is not

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something that can be measured
in tangible ways.

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From day to day.
The other issue not frequently

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appreciated is that in some
cases changes take place below

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the level of perception and do
not become visible until a,

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certain quantity of change has
taken place at which point, it

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may appear to be a sudden
change.

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When in fact, it has been
developing in the background for

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quite some time.
This is similar to the threshold

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of light photons required to
fire.

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The eyes to see something until
sufficient photons are active.

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Everything is dark.
A disciple asks, when we make an

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effort to do better, but don't
see any progress, we feel

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discouraged, what is the best
thing to do?

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The mother responds quote, not
to be discouraged.

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Despondency leads nowhere to
begin with the first thing to

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tell yourself is that you are
almost entirely incapable of

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knowing.
Whether you are making progress

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or not for very often what seems
to us to be a state of

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stagnation, is a long sometimes
long but in any case, not

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endless preparation for a Leap
Forward.

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We sometimes seem to be marking
time for weeks or months, and

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then suddenly something that was
being prepared makes its

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appearance.
And we see that there is quite a

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considerable change and on
several points at a time.

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As with everything in yoga, the
effort for Progress must be made

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for the love of the effort for
Progress.

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The joy of effort, the
aspiration for Progress must be

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enough in themselves.
Quite independent of the result.

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Everything one does in yoga must
be done for the joy of doing it

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and not in view of the result.
One wants to obtain indeed.

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In life, always in all things,
the result does not belong to us

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and if we want to keep the right
attitude, we must act feel think

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strives spontaneously for that
is what we must do.

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And not in view of the result to
be obtained.

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As soon as we think of the
result, we begin to bargain and

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that takes away.
All sincerity from the effort,

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you make an effort to progress
because you feel within you, the

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need the imperative need to make
an effort and progress.

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And this effort is the gift.
You offer to the Divine

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Consciousness in you, the Divine
Consciousness in the universe.

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It is your way of expressing
your gratitude, offering

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yourself.
And whether this results in

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progress or not is of no
importance, you will progress

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when it is decided that the time
is come to progress and not

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because you desire it in quote
reference SRI, aurobindo in the

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mother growing within the
psychology of inner development.

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chapter 3 growth of
Consciousness basic requisites

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Pages, 59 to 60,