Be Careful in Doing, Be Happy with what Happens

Ishvarah sarvabhootaanaam hrdeysherjuna titishthi |

Bhraamayansarvabhootaani yantraroodhaani maayayaa ||    (Gita 18/61) 

 He is seated in everyone’s heart and just like a driver of a car,  He takes everyone (all beings) around.   In other words,  man himself does nothing.  It is God’s hand in making all activities take place through all beings. 

 How much of it is God’s hand?   

“Yantraa roodhaani maayayaa”  

It means,  that God ( Ishvar ) Who is abiding in the hearts of all beings, by His Maya (Divine Potency) inspires all to revolve according to their nature. (Gita 18/61 ).  He gives inspiration according to a man’s past and present actions.  The Lord only inspires a being. 

Na kartrutvam na karmaani lokasya srujati prabhu  | 

Na karmaphalasanyogam svabhaavastru pravartate ||  

(Gita 5/14) 

God does not force or inspire in ways that You do this work,  become engaged in certain work,  nor does he inspire in ways where you will have to bare the fruits.  He also does not force man to become a doer.

Then what does God do?   He only ignites a fire within,   by which all activities takes place.  Just as when electricity is connected to the speaker system, then the sound spreads.   When the electricity is connected with the heater then there is heat,  and when it is connected with the ice-maker, ice is made.  The electricity touches the instruments,  but electricity does not have any insistence that I should get this work done by this particular instrument.   Electricity is impersonal and impartial,  merely by its existence and ignition power, all work takes place.  

Similarly with God’s presence and igniting power,  actions take place, according to a man’s inner faculty and nature.    In his nature that pride of doer-ship and desire for fruit is the main driver.  Man is independent in whether to have pride of doer-ship and desire for fruit.   Man is independent in desiring or not desiring, in attraction or repulsion.    But when he has pride of doer-ship,  desire for fruit,   attraction-aversion etc,  then he becomes deluded by the instruments and therefore in “doing” he becomes dependent. 

From book in hindi  “Jeevan ka Satya”  by Swami Ramsukhdasji