Dose advancement in Spirituality will diminish our enthusiasm toward our profession & social responsibilities? No, not at all. In fact Spirituality is advantageous, favorable, valuable & rewarding for our social & professional life.
In our life there will be no action without passion, this world is running more or less in Mode of Passion. Everyone is working hard to maintain, entertain themselves, create something, do something...etc...In short Mode of Passion keeps everyone busy to find better facilities for Eating-Sleeping-Mating-Defending that's all. Same mode of passion can be utilized for spiritual inquiries and activities like hearing/reading good spiritual thoughts, Yoga, mediation...etc. Spiritual thoughts & practice will build up our character and strengthen our daily life.
Spirituality means learning higher values in life. Spirituality will bring new energy, enthusiasm in our life, it is not about inertia or laziness. It is about bringing joy in our life and people surrounding us. Spirituality is not about changing the world, it is about changing ourselves. Spirituality is not about detachment from action, but it is about detachment from result. Spirituality means voluntary regulated, satisfied & purified life. Advanced spiritualist will be much more honest, noble, affectionate, disciplined, passionate & enthusiastic toward his social duty and profession.
With spiritual development we can bring devotion ( love, enthusiasm and loyalty) in work and in relationships. It is about cooperation at home & work. It is about appreciation and gratefulness. It is about managing worst & stressful situations with smiley face. It is about to keep balance & disciplined in eating, sleeping and other sensually pleasure recreation activities very much necessary to progress in our profession and also helpful in advancement of spiritual life. SPIRITUALITY MEANS CONQUERING OVER MIND essential for everything in our life.
Bg 6.6 — For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy.
Bg 6.17 — He who is regulated in his habits of eating, sleeping, recreation and work can mitigate all material pains by practicing the yoga system. (vedabase.com).
In short spiritually advanced person in full state of mind & body controlled who is very much balanced & disciplined will be much more productive to self and society.
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I am inspire to hear & read Vedic Scriptures & other philosophy by regularly listening Sri Pandurang Shashtri Athvale known as Dadaji ( speak on Srimad Bhagvad Gita, Veda based discourses & western philosophy ) and association of Swadhyay Parivar every Sunday in Swadhya Kendra.
FYI: Good source of Vedic literature: Vedabase.com (Srimad Bhagvad Gita is the essence & Srimad Bhagavatam is the nectar of all Vedic scriptures).
I also hear and read discourses & articles on Vedic thoughts & other philosophy from Srila Prabhupada, his disciples & grand disciples (Rasamitra Swami. Amarnath dasa, Bhakticharu Swami, Chaitanya Charandas Prabhu, Sutapa Das, Urmila Devi Dasi, Radhanath Swami, Lal Govind Prabhu ( Gujarati & Hindi) Prahalad Maharaj in Surat (Gujarati) .......and many more from ISKCON......).
I am posting some article based on Vedic scriptures and literature. Of course I use Google search to collect some data. Thanks to Facebook for providing platform.
It is always good idea to share our good thoughts & knowledge with others. Besides my parents, spouse, teachers, family & friends GREATFUL to EVERYONE WHO HAVE CONTRIBUTED in MY LIFE.
Hopefully my enthusiasm will continue by grace of Guru & God (Absolute Truth).
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