If we work for our household, is it considered meaningless or meaningful? If they do it in moderation and also practice spirituality alongside, they will find peace. It's not that they won't. That is their duty. Even if they just fulfill their duty, there is peace in doing so. If they do it with attachment, they won't find peace. If they do it out of duty, they will find peace. And if there is attachment, they won't feel satisfied. Attachment itself is restlessness. I had my schedule and I completed it. What does Narendra Modi say? "Don't you get tired working 18 hours?" So what did he say? One who works doesn't get tired, they feel satisfied. Work itself does not cause fatigue. The fatigue comes from work not being done. When work is not done, even if they put in effort and run around, the work remains unfinished. So then, as that piles up, it creates restlessness in their mind. If today's work is done today, they feel at peace. They feel relieved. And they feel that way. So, if they fulfill their responsibility, by working hard, then they will find peace. But if they are running away from responsibility, then they have to run to escape, right? One who keeps running away from responsibility remains restless, even if they work hard until evening. Even then. They might be working very hard. But they might not be doing it where it is needed. And where it is not needed, they might be doing double the work. So, there won't be any result. Therefore, that is not considered proper effort. Rishi Swami's question is that we might be putting in effort to progress on the path of God, but if we don't get the desired result, what should be done? Take guidance. Take guidance from someone who has achieved results. Take guidance from the scriptures. Align with the scriptures. Do not work just for the sake of working. But those who are successful, it means to make them role models, and what is the meaning of that? We get guidance from them. We get guidance from them and should act like them. That is not called blindly following the crowd. That is called heroism. Following good people, like Gandhiji, is called heroism. If there are other such people, and following them without any discrimination, that is called blindly following the crowd. So, if our effort is not yielding results, we should think, why is the result not coming? If one puts in effort, results must surely come. 'Na hi kalyanakrit kashchid durgatim tata gachchhati'—their effort will never go in vain. The path of God is such that effort on it never goes in vain, ever. It is as simple as one plus one equals two. Once you do it, God gives the fruit immediately. It's not even that He delays it. So, even then, if the effort is not succeeding, then first they should think, "What is my shortcoming?" Only if there is some shortcoming. No result means there is some shortcoming. "Why and what shortcoming do I have?" Ask others, being humble. "Brother, if I want to get results in this, what should I do?" Ask such questions and follow the advice. Then results will surely come. It cannot be that one works hard and doesn't get results, there is no darkness in God's home. God definitely gives the result. When great greed is felt, and there is a constant desire to work for sensory pleasures, desire keeps increasing, and one never feels at peace, then understand that Rajoguna has increased at this time. The main nature of Rajoguna is restlessness. 'Ragam duhkham'—this is how it is defined in Sankhya. 'Ragam duhkham'. Attachment is misery. On the contrary, after working so hard, it increases misery, increases restlessness. Restlessness means misery. They found no peace. They feel, "It would have been better if I hadn't done this and had done that instead." And if a Satvaguni person is working, they feel, "Today I got the work done." "Today this of ours is completed." Like that. So, that is the only difference between the two. The activities of seva, do all those activities happen only through Satvaguna, or do they also happen through Rajoguna and Tamoguna? Seva is a path that accommodates all temperaments. So, it contains Rajoguna, Tamoguna, and everything. Someone might have had to get angry, for the sake of seva, then? Is that considered Satvaguna? If they had to get angry, had to show wrath, then Tamoguna definitely enters. Even if Tamoguna enters, they won't feel peaceless. If they know how... that is the skill. 'Yogah karmasu kaushalam'. In that, skill in action is mentioned. Yoga is a skill. "The art of living life"—everyone talks about this. The art of living life. So, what is the meaning of art? Skill. When it doesn't easily fit into another's intellect, it is called art. If it fits into another's intellect, it is called science. If it fits into another's intellect, like one plus one equals two. Newton discovered the formula that if you do this, that happens, so one plus one equals two—that is called science. But if someone is playing the tabla, and you say, "You play the tabla well, but when I play, it just goes thud-thud." In that, only some people's intellect can reach, not everyone's. It just goes thud-thud. So, that is called art. No one can measure art with intellect. Artists, therefore, if you see, are all moody. They don't do as others say. So, it is art. And that is called art. So, that is called the art of living life. So, even if they get angry, even then they don't feel peaceless. And others, even if they never get angry, have endless peacelessness. They never get angry. And the more they don't get angry, the more peaceless they become. Because if they don't fulfill their responsibility, and then don't get angry, while everything else is going haywire, then restlessness will occur, right? So, it is an art. That is why God said in the Gita, 'Yogah karmasu kaushalam'. Sitting idle and just making huffing sounds is not called skill. Like doing Anulom Vilom. So, that is not called skill. What is called skill? 'Karmasu yat yogah tadeva kaushalam'. Perform action in such a way that supreme peace is attained. God becomes pleased. What is that last shloka of the second chapter of the Gita? 'Esha brahmi sthitih partha nainam prapya vimuhyati, sthitvasyamantakale'pi...' '...brahmanirvanamrichchhati'. 'Brahmanirvanamrichchhati'—like that. Even at the end of life, if one is established in this state, they attain Brahmanirvana. They attain the bliss of Brahman. In the Gita, God has spoken of Karma Karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → That 'Esha...'—such a state is attained through Karma Karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → In that, the example of the sun was given, the example of King Janaka was given. Not a moment of leisure. The sun has not a moment of leisure. And yet, 'Esha brahmi sthitih partha nainam prapya vimuhyati, sthitvasyamantakale'pi brahmanirvanamrichchhati'. They attain Brahmanirvana, meaning they attain the bliss of Brahman. While constantly running. The sun is running, right? Still, as God has said, it gets the bliss of Brahman. Even if this person is sleeping, they won't get it. They attain Brahmanirvana. That which, when done, brings supreme peace, is the result of Satvaguna. And that which, when done, brings supreme peacelessness, is the result of Rajoguna. Both are results, both are activities. It's not that activity is absent in either. So, that is activity, and the other is also activity. And if it is the activity of sleeping, it leads to the greatest delusion. Not wanting to wake up the next day—that is called delusion. What if today someone woke them up by force? Not wanting to do it the next day—that is called laziness. If someone forces us by holding our ears, then we don't feel like doing it. So, that is called laziness. So, God said not to desire the fruit. And here, if the decision of peace or peacelessness is based on the result, then how to balance the two? Not desiring the fruit—God meant that one should not desire their private fruit. It does not mean not to bring results. That one should not bring any results at all. Just keep working hard. 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