Here is our most refined and beautiful guidance for anyone who aims to "keep a balance" between loukik (worldly life, job & responsibilities) and aloukik (spiritual life & efforts)
Title: "๐ผ๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก"
Subtitle:
๐ถ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ '๐๐๐๐๐๐๐' ๐/๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ข & ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐
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โถ๐๐ฑ๐บ๐ถ๐ป: ๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด (๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ/๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด). ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จย & ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด. "๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐"
The following was written in response to a query we received on our Samadhanย WhatsApp group in Nov 2024.
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Your question is one of the most commonly asked. Every spiritual seeker or practisioner must learn (at some point in life) to ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ their ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ & ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐โwith their ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. And they mustโin order to ensure a peaceful survival. A ๐ท๐ผ๐ฏ provides the resources for life's maintenance.
๐But indeed, sometimes, we do feel ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐๐ and ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ working a job, or (in general) doing anything that does not seem to serve our spiritual path and purpose. Does this sound familiar?
โ๏ธIf you have the same question, or ever did you go through this phase in your journeyโyou have reached the right place... God has brought you here. This ๐๐๐๐ข ๐๐๐๐ and your fortune have placed your attention to this message.
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๐ชดWhat you are about to read, might sound familiar to our old members of ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐. I have written some of this in our past answers/responses. I will provide links to our posts where you can read those answers (links are given--end of this message)
๐The ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐ญ of this response is this messageโ"๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ". Reading your message, i pondered whether what title could be given to this question. It occured to me, perhaps "Balance between loukik & aloukik" or "Balance b/w spiritual & worldly life" would be accurate. But as i thought out, i was resassuredโnothing could be more accurate than "All life is spiritual"
Explanation
Life is lived by the soul, the ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ. All our ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง (world & worldy experiences) is/are sourced from within. And thus, ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ค ๐ค๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐.
๐ฟWhether it is sitting in 'meditation' on the top of a holy mountain, or taking a 'dive' into the ocean... doing 'tapasya' for years, or living a life of 'selfless service'... raising the world consciousness, or raising children... writing 'spiritual books' or simply keeping a 'smile' on your face... touching millions of lives, or living a life os 'solitude'... I tell you thisโnone of what you do escapes godliness, as all of life is a '๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐'. And the aim of this spiritual process, is ๐ด๐ผ๐ฑ-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป!
๐ปEvery day (and every moment) is bringing us closer to our ultimate purpose. You asked "how would i focus on spiritual growth" and we told you thisโ"๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐ ". Nothing stops the growth. ๐๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ.
๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ถ๐๐
There must be a careful "balance" as you pursuit worldly thingsโ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ซ๐๐ซ๐๐ก, ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ, ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐๐ง๐๐จ๐จ, ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฎ, ๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ, ๐ค๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ.
๐Everyone knows that in order to make spiritual progress, ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ must be maintained. Since any ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก is only possible when we are here (in this world of duality)โas we have nicely explained on our posts:
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ง๐๐ฒ ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐-๐๐ข๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ and ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ & ๐๐ผ๐ฑ
๐You have this ๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง which probably everyone once had, including me: "๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด, ๐ช๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด?"
๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒโeveryone has to figure our their 'purpose' since we are all 'creator' of our own life! It is not for me or anyone to tell you WHY you should or should not do a job. But we can certainly guide your thinking. Tip: Read our post The Common Purpose of Life
๐ผHere it is๐ If doing a job (working at the workplace)โyou are ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ, ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐-๐จ๐๐ฉ๐๐จ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐๐ก ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐จ๐ช๐๐ฉ... then GO ON... keep the job. It can provide you the ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐๐ฒ that you can use not only to pay bills and take care of your family, but also can use the money ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ฌ in need.
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So money isnt bad, as most of the religions would have you believe. In fact, only by having 'enough money' can you start helping others. And mine is one good example. What if i was short of money...would i be able to give so much of my day and time to run websites, answer queries & write detailed guidance? No... it is because of the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ช that i have this option open.
๐ทAlsoโby doing these services, do i not grow myself? Indeed, in all ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฌ i growโ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐๐ค๐ข, ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐, ๐๐ก๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ. Wisdom is ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ, experience is ๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ, blessings are ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ. So this job (if you may) became a 'medium' for my ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐, and the growth of thousands of souls who read these responses (not only on our 12 WhatsApp groups, but also on our FORUM and other channels)
๐ชปSo have you heard. ๐๐๐๐ the message again & again till you reach complete clarity. And in this clarity will you find the 'balance' you require. And of courseโby all means prefer the ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐, if at all you have to decide between the two.
Recommended post: Keeping a 'Balance' b/w Loukik & Aloukik life
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