Life And Career Are Not Separate-Part 2

Swamiji: Let me read the question,

"Beloved Swamiji, I have a question regarding the corporate world: How can we embed, spiritual and social goals into an organization's innovation agenda and processes? How can an organization encourage, social responsibility and social entrepreneurship?"

Swamiji: Every morning, you are reminded about your life and responsibility. And I also wanted to tell you one thing. If you can wake up every morning, 5 o'clock and go to Akhada (1:39), all the engrams which makes you irresponsible in your life, will be killed. Because, every demon who is sitting inside you, will be alive, up by 5 o'clock, before you.

Swamiji: When you want to get up, they will be fighting you. "Why should I get up? What am I going to do? No no no, Swamiji said...No I don't like him...No no no no...your health...even if I die early, what is there? No no no no no...your spiritual growth...Who cares for enlightenment?" See, all the demons, who is sitting with you, you have to fight; only then you can get out of your bed! You don't know, just around your bed, some 25 fellows are standing with a sword! One fellow says, "Eh! What is there? Are you a slave or what? Every day you have to get up...and go there...and that same yoga teacher will be standing." A second sword comes, "Eh! One day if I miss, what is there? After all today...why?...my next bed guy...see, this fellow doesn't attend, four times a week...I only miss, only once a week." That is a second sword.

Swamiji: So many demons are standing around you! I tell you, all these demons are only the patterns, which never lets you take responsibility in your life. You will see, the same demon only, will come with a different sword. When you are in the workplace, "Eh! why are you working like a slave? If you don't do this, what is there? After all, your next chair person don't do."....which makes you never take the responsibility of life and life's principles. They will be awake, alive, between 4:30 to 6. Just like your whole day's mood is controlled by time-see, you can see very clearly-morning 9 o'clock, if you are habituated to go to office, you will be agitated. For all you guys now, even if one or two days are...two days...there is no satsang for morning 7 o'clock, you will feel sleepy. See it has become pattern now.

Swamiji: Anyhow, morning if you break the Tamas, you will break many of the patterns, which does not let you take the responsibility of life. I really tell you, very sincerely I recommend, this to all corporate companies. Morning when you gather, for your work, whatever time...first one hour... spend...making everyone responsible, for what they are. Not just, the work they are supposed to do that day...No! Make themself fit with, their clear understanding about, what they want from society and what society wants from them...their requirements from society...society's requirement from them. Means, everybody is living in a society. In your society-your family, your boss, your subordinates-what they all need from you and what you need from them. Understand, you are there, only because, you need something from them. You are always there, in any situation, only when you need something from them. Not otherwise. When you need something from them, be responsible to offer, what they need from you.

Be responsible to offer what they need from you. Constantly, I am taking the responsibility of the well-being of every ashramite. Constantly, I am thinking...working...building their bodies... even if they don't want. Understand, let every individual, feel the responsibility. Let every individual, look into the responsibility. Corporate organizations, will be successful, only when every individual understand the princ...understands the principles of life, not otherwise. You might have trained him, spending lakhs and lakhs of rupees, thousands and thousands of dollars; but suddenly he's depressed...what can you do? All your, investments on him, is waste! So when you, train people to do certain work, train them also...first...to live, to be alive.

I can give this two-as a technique to all corporate companies. Make sure, every body who is part of your organization, wakes up-morning, 5 o'clock. Because, at that time, they will have to kill, so many demons. They will have to break so many patterns, which will be a powerful training for them, to break patterns in their day...everyday life. When you learn the method to break patterns-the moment you wake up, early morning-your knife of destroying the patterns-your consciousness-will be sharp and alive the whole day. You will go on be cutting patterns. This is one.

Next. One hour..the...before you start your work, when you gather for work...one hour...they have to understand...life principles...why they are here...the way they are hear...what the society around them expects from them....what they expect from the society around them. Then you will understand, everything is a business, pure give and take. When you understand, everything is a business and pure give and take, you will be cleaned from many of the pseudo sentiments.

Many workers feel, they are sacrificing for the company. Many companies feel they are sacrificing for workers. All these pseudo sacrifice sentiments will disappear. Many parents feel, they are sacrificing for their children and children feel, "You don't need to sacrifice for me, I am only sacrificing for you." This forced sacrifice...sometimes I see parents say, "Oh I sacrificed my whole life for you. Don't become a Sanyasi, be here". Children say, "No no no, I don't...we don't want your sacrifice, we are becoming Sadhus, you please keep your sacrifice". "No, you have to be here as I want and then I'll sacrifice as I want!" All these pseudo sacrifice will disappear, whether it is the company or the society. When you understand, what you need to give and what you expect, lot of our concepts of pseudo sacrifice disappears. And not only that...see, when your concepts of pseudo sacrifice disappears, they don't just go alone, they take away, many of your weak sentiments.

Vivekananda says, "Weak sentiments are death!" You get cleaned...by the weak sentiments. A man, whose life is not built on weak principles, will always be successful. The principles of your life, should not carry, weak sentiments-sentiments which does not stand, more than one function, ceremony or celebration or ritual. No, sometime I see, there are many of...these kind of a weak sentiments...becomes part of your life's principles. Look at your own life....

Let you all achieve, experience, live, express, radiate, share and explode in Eternal Bliss. Nithyananda.