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•What is Motivation?
•Common Causes and Their Shortcomings
•Ideal Motivation
•Influence of Conditioning
•Unconditioned Motivation
•Entities of Action
•Changeless Core
•The Perfect Example
OUTLINE
WHAT IS MOTIVATION?
• A desire to act•For satisfaction
• What is strong motivation ?•Intense and Stable desire to act
•Self-driven
•Not Influenced by external conditions •Association
•Mental States
•Incentives
•Life Events
• Where does strong motivation come from ?
COMMON CAUSES
•Maslow’s analysis, “Hierarchy of needs”
•Security
•Wealth
•Esteem
•Self-Actualization
•Is Self-Actualization enough ?
Stephen Hawking **
•No guarantee of all-round success
•No guarantee of complete satisfaction
** Read a recent news article about the abuse he suffered from a former nurse
IDEAL MOTIVATION
• A Natural Act uninfluenced by external conditions and results and done despite self-satisfaction
• No perfect example in this world, but a few good examples
•Act done as a matter of duty
• Belief system
•Act done as loving service
• Mother serving child
•Act done spontaneously as a sport
•Is there a perfect example ?
We will come back to this at the end of this presentation!!!, Now what influences our actions??
INFLUENCE OF CONDITIONING
• Conditioning
• “We think What we see is What is”
• Conditioning influences perception
• Perception Affects Desires
• Desire influences motivation
“Material nature consists of the three modes--goodness, passion and ignorance. When the living entity comes in
contact with nature, he becomes conditioned by these modes.”
- Bhagavad-Gita- 14.5
Based on how we are affected by the modes, we act in certain ways; For example, a person in ignorance is lazy, intoxicated etc.,; See 14th chapter of the Gita for a more
detailed explanation on the symptoms of the three modes
UNCONDITIONED MOTIVATION
• What is unconditioned state ?
• Perceive reality as it is
• Act with pure love
• Complete satisfaction at all stages of action
GUARANTEED!!!
• How to remove conditioning ?
Before we answer this question, we need to understand what are the different unseen entities that influence our actions!
Jiva/Soul
Krishna/God
World/Maya/Mat- erial Nature
Performs an act, suffers reactions, thinks himself their cause!!
Desires Material Pleasures; Wants to Enjoy Separately from God
Provides for the desires
Binds the soul - Suffers birth, death, old age and disease
ENTITIES OF ACTION
Creates
Untouched
Is there a way out from this bondage/conditioning?
ENTITIES OF ACTION
Jivatma
Krishna
World
Sacrifices Results to Krishna
Aligns with Krishna’s will
Reciprocates Creates
Untouched
No Reactions
Therefore, Arjuna, you should always think of Me in the form of Krsna and at the same time carry out your prescribed duty of fighting. With your activities dedicated to Me and your mind and intelligence fixed
on Me, you will attain Me without doubt. – Bhagavad-Gita, 8.7
SOLUTION: PRACTICE YOGA!!!
CHANGELESS CORE BASED ON ETERNAL PRINCIPLES – Key to Strong Motivation
Changeless
CoreWISDOM POWER
SECURITY
GUIDANCE
In order to develop a strong motivation, one’s life should be based on a CORE of eternal principles/values; What are these eternal principles?? Let’s look at the Gita…
avinasi tu tad viddhi yena sarvam idam tatam vinasam avyayasyasya na kascit kartum arhati
Know that which pervades the entire body is indestructible. No one is able to destroy the
imperishable soul. - Bhagavad-Gita 2.17
antavanta ime deha nityasyoktah saririnah anasino 'prameyasya
tasmad yudhyasva bharataOnly the material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is subject to destruction; therefore, fight, O descendant of
Bharata. – Bhagavad-Gita 2.18
ETERNAL TRUTHS
mamaivamso jiva-loke jiva-bhutah sanatanah
manah-sasthanindriyani prakrti-sthani karsati
The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal, fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the
six senses, which include the mind. - Bhagavad-Gita 15.7
ETERNAL TRUTHS
This verse talks about the intrinsic/inherent relation between the part (soul) and the whole (Krishna); When the soul forgets this relation, he
suffers in this world; As soon as he recognizes this relation, his motivation to perform an act changes; He now acts solely and spontaneously for the
satisfaction of the Lord, enjoys complete bliss!!!
These acts are uninfluenced by external conditions and results!
karmany evadhikaras te ma phalesu kadacana
ma karma-phala-hetur bhur ma te sango 'stv akarmani
You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself to be the cause
of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty.
- Bhagavad-Gita, 2.47
THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE FOR OUR LIFE
Take-home message: Be Detached from Results!!!
ARJUNA, THE PERFECT EXAMPLEiti te jnanam akhyatam
guhyad guhyataram maya vimrsyaitad asesena
yathecchasi tatha kuru
Thus, I have explained to you the most confidential of all knowledge. Deliberate on this fully, and then do what you wish to do.
arjuna uvaca nasto mohah smrtir labdha tvat-prasadan mayacyuta sthito 'smi gata-sandehah
karisye vacanam tava
Arjuna said, My dear Krishna, O infallible one, my illusion is now gone. I have regained my memory by Your mercy, and I am now firm and free
from doubt and am prepared to act according to Your instructions.
The above verses appear at the end of the Gita; After understanding the eternal truths that Krishna explained in the earlier chapters, Arjuna here aligns his will to that of
Krishna’s, and thus, sets a perfect example for others!!
Krishna says,
Arjuna replies,