How to do Bhakti while performing worldly duties? | Devotion through Karmyog by Swami Mukundanand
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1 my question is how to maintain spiritual practice in material world, especially in work place where there are few negative vibes or negative people https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-TTu7ggYw&t=14 2 it is not easy because until the mind is mastered, the outside environment affects it, and the mind takes on that quality - so if you are in the midst of worldly people, the mind becomes worldly, if you go in the midst of holy people the mind becomes holy that is the natural process and when even in the midst of worldly people you want to keep your mind divine then you have to work hard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-TTu7ggYw&t=44 3 that means you check your thoughts, the external work remains the same but internally we start replacing the thoughts, so whenever we are doing something, we can start changing our perspective that this world is given to me by God, as a duty let me do it as a service to Him, now the work remains the same but you have connected to Divine or another way to connect, you can think that see in even to do bhakti, I need money, so I am earning money because with this, I will be able to do bhakti, so in this way somehow or the other you tie up your thoughts with the Divine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-TTu7ggYw&t=85 4 and an easy way to do it is to practice the presence of God, so whenever you go to the office think Shri Krishna is there, my gurudev is there, they are watching me, they are my witness and my protectors, now I will work, so this consciousness will come that I am working for their pleasure, the kartitva abhiman, that I am the doer, will start getting dissolved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-TTu7ggYw&t=145 5 and as we practice, we will reach the stage of karma yoga, so karma yoga means you are doing your karma but internally you are in yoga, the mind is united in divine consciousness, all the thoughts they become imbued with God consciousness and that stage is reached through practice, practice, practice and more practice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG-TTu7ggYw&t=176 Transcript 0:14 my question is how to maintain spiritual 0:17 practice 0:18 in material world especially in work 0:20 place where there are 0:21 few negative vibes or negative people 0:27 how to maintain your spiritual practice 0:30 in the workplace first of all 0:32 very happy to know that you are on this 0:34 journey connected with 0:36 jk yoga and our teachings 0:39 now to answer your question 0:44 it is not easy because 0:48 until the mind is mastered 0:51 the outside environment affects it 0:56 and the mind takes on that quality 0:59 so if you are in the midst of worldly 1:02 people the mind becomes 1:03 worldly if you go in the midst of holy 1:07 people the mind becomes holy 1:10 that is the natural process and when you 1:13 need to do the rules that even in the 1:16 midst of worldly people you want to 1:18 keep your mind divine 1:22 then you have to work hard 1:25 to get there that means 1:28 you check your thoughts 1:32 the external work remains the same 1:35 internally we start replacing the 1:38 thoughts 1:40 so whenever we are doing something we 1:43 can start 1:44 changing our perspective this world is 1:47 given to me by god 1:50 as a duty let me do it 1:53 as a service to him now the work is 1:56 remaining the same 1:58 but you have connected 2:01 or another way to connect you can think 2:04 that see in even to do bhakti i need 2:08 money 2:10 so i am earning money because 2:13 with this i will be able to do bhakti 2:17 so in this way somehow or the other you 2:20 tie up your thoughts with the divine 2:25 and an easy way to do it is to practice 2:29 the presence of god 2:32 so whenever you go to the 2:33 office 2:35 think shri Krishna is there my gurudev is 2:39 there 2:40 they are watching me they are my witness 2:44 and my protectors now i will work 2:48 so this consciousness will come and 2:50 working for their pleasure 2:52 the kartitva abhiman that i am the doer 2:56 will start getting dissolved an easy way 3:00 and as we practice we will reach the 3:04 stage of 3:05 karma yoga so karma yoga means 3:09 you are doing your karma but internally 3:12 you are in yoga the mind 3:16 is united in divine consciousness 3:26 all the thoughts they become imbued with 3:30 god consciousness 3:32 and that stage is reached through 3:34 practice 3:35 practice practice and more practice 3:38 thank youStandby link (in case youtube link does not work):
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