RajaYoga

KarmaYoga is doing things without expecting result. One who gets so much engrossed in doing karma that he sacrifices the result of Karma is Karmyogi.

BhaktiYoga is devoting to God. BhaktiYogi finds God everywhere, in every small little things.

RajaYoga is combination of KarmaYoga and BhaktiYoga. RajaYoga says do your karma and offer the result to the God, whether the result is good or bad. Even if your karma gives you bad result, offer it to God. Don’t keep anything with you. Nothing belongs to you, good or bad.

While doing karma think as if you are serving God. While doing karma if we do it with devotion how pure that karma will be. Try to see God everywhere, in every small little thing. Treat everyone as if you are treating God. Do everything thinking you are doing to make God happy. While cooking for family think as if you are serving God. While dealing with criminals try to see God in them, try to kill bad things in them and convert them to better humans.

RajaYoga gives you double pleasure, pleasure of working and pleasure of serving God.

Make your life as Yadnya and offer yourself to God. Practice it throughout your life. Live your life keeping in mind that you are going to die one day. Keep practicing doing good karma, listening good thoughts, reading good things. When you realize your mistake rectify it. It’s natural we to deviate from good things or good Karma. But continuous introspection and being with good people, reading, listening to good thoughts will get you back.

BhaktiYoga as stated in Bhagwat Geeta

This world is full of variety, we see different things, different people, people with different attitude, different mood. When we look at crying person we  feel sad, when we look at smiling person we feel pleasant. But even though these opposite things the base of every small little thing is the same, it’s the same God.

Certain things makes us happy, certain things we don’t like so we avoid it even though its our duty. This is called Moha. To overcome Moha we should understand God. We should be able to see God everywhere, in all living non-living things. Then only we will overcome Moha.

BhaktiYoga is a way to understand God. Bhakti, devotion gives you pleasure. Any karma done with devotion is a pleasant experience. Devotion fulfills your life with happiness. You wont need any external means to make yourself happy. Once you know happiness through devotion you naturally wont enjoy other means to seek pleasure.

Bhagwat Geeta states 3 kind of Devotees.

1.       Sakam Bhakt, 2. Nishkam Bhakt but onsided, 3. Smpoorna Bhakt

1. Sakam bhakt – Devotee with reason goes to God with some desire. He asks God to fulfill his wish. Although the devotee goes to God for some reason such devotee is not considered inferior as he is asking God to fulfil his wish and not some other person. This behavior itself is very uncommon. God is kind enough to help such devotee to continue his devotion, he answers his prayer. This is the first step to be Nishkam Devotee.

2. Nishkam Bhakt – Devotee with no reason, wish in his mind.There are 3 kind of Nishkam Bhakt
Aart – Who loves God, who is desperate to meet God

Jidnyasu – Who is curious to know God, who is curious about everything in this world.

Artharthi – Who always do the things for betterment of society

3. Sampoorna Bhakt – Complete devotee who sees God in every small little things. He finds God everywhere. He sees God in Sun, Moon, Animals, Plants. He doesn't find anything bad anywhere as he sees God everywhere.

DhyanYoga As Stated In Bhagwat Geeta

Generally people think Bhagwat Geeta is not for common man to live day to day life. Its meant for Sadhus. But that is wrong conception. Bhagwat Geeta tells you the ways, the art to live day to day life. Bhagwat Geeta tells you how to improve self to go as close to God. Geeta teaches us how can  our Karma can be pure and pious to give is sense of satisfaction and peace. Geeta believes every human can attain state of being God. That should be aim of every human & should work towards it. Geeta teaches you various ways, Yogas to reach the goal; Bhaktiyoga, Dhyanyoga, Karmayoga, Dyanyoga,etc.

One has to follow 3 things for Dhyanyoga, 1. Concentration, 2. Control, 3. Outlook.

Concentration : Its is required to do any kind of work whether its business, research, politics or any other thing. Concentration can be achieved by stopping unnecessary thoughts in mind. One needs to learn the art. It can be learnt by not giving importance to unnecessary small little external things. Why to waste time in gossiping, why to give importance if food is not tasty, why to give importance if someone hurts you. Instead invest that time to improve yourself so that you can meet God. Try to concentrate while praying to God so that you will forget rest of the world. Generally when one tries to concentrate falls sleep and while trying to sleep the mind is full of thoughts. The first state is Shunyagrata because of Tama qualities and other state is Anekagrata because of Raja qualities. To achieve Ekagrata one has to change himself, he has to improve his Satva qualities. His acts have to be pure and pious.

Control : We should have control on ourselves. Everything should be done in limits. However you like sweets you should eat in limits. Whichever act even if its good should be done in control. Every act of you should be monitored by yourself.

Outlook : Our outlook should be broad. We should think this world is beautiful and everything is meant for good. The way you believe in yourself you should believe in the world. Without this outlook one can not concentrate and do Sadhana. With insecure mind one can not concentrate.

Keep monitoring your thoughts. Let the good thoughts come in, get rid of bad thoughts. Keep listening and reading good thoughts. Get rid of Raja and Tama qualities and improve Satva qualities in you.

Small Little Career Guidance

Since our childhood we have been asked what will you become when you will grow up. When we are about to complete our school we need to be serious about this question, we need to answer this to ourselves and choose our stream for further studies to take it as our profession or career.

Instead of giving you advice about how to choose career I will tell you how did I chose mine.

My mother always told me in my school day, ‘if you want to be a hairdresser be so but excel the skill so that you would be the best hairdresser in city’. She always insisted me to do what I like and enjoy. Apart from schooling I used to go for dance classes and karate classes. But I enjoyed studying maths and science the most. So I chose science stream after 10^th. I happened to attend a short computer course and I topped in the class. I just loved it. So I decided to pursue it as my career. I did my MCA with distinction and got campus recruited in Wipro Technologies. The s/w job is demanding. One needs to work 20 hrs at times. But I don’t feel burdened as I enjoy working , I love programming. I love to learn new things in s/w which makes me successful in my profession. I would say I chose what I love to do as my profession is my key to success.

So my advice to the students is, identify what you like, what are you good at and pursue that as your career. Decide your goal and find the ways to reach to it. As you enjoy what you do you won’t ever feel tired while working hard towards it. And hard work makes you succeed which gives you lots of satisfaction, sense of achievement. There is no alternative to hard work whatever profession you choose. There are no shortcuts for success. Hard work and patience pay off.

meracareerguide.com will help you to identify what are your like and dislike, what kind of profession is suitable for you like with creative skills or with analytical or something else. At meracareerguide you can discuss your doubts and get advice from successful people in various professions. Counselling with these people will help you to take decisions to choose your career.

Give your best, you will rock!!