Time, as defined and divided into several convenient segments by physicists, mathematicians, and scientists, comes with certain conditions. Life, on the other hand, has the same limitations and conditions. Combining both, life and time become the drivers of human consciousness. All of the human adventures, innovations, and technologies are the end result of these two elements. Time helps to examine the past and present, and then helps predict the future. Life elevates the scarcity of time and dictates that the human being work on the most necessary things in the present. This is how 'Work' comes into existence.
In Hindu scriptures, the philosophy of Karma matters the most as a means of attaining salvation or 'Mukti', and it is widely understood as liberation. Now Karma stands as the key factor for almost everything a human being does in his/her entire life, which also includes our daily routine tasks as well. But as far as our discussion about Work and Karma is concerned, let's make a clear demarcation between routine tasks and Karma.
Humans are primarily considered as animals, or rather, social animals. It is the basic and common factor that, unlike all other animals, humans create communities, tribes, groups, and societies to make a safe and livable environment around, creating houses to reside in, making couples and producing kids, and so on. This helps them keep away from predators. All the activities associated with this common factor of safety and security are considered routine tasks. Now, there are certain odd jobs discovered only by humans like brushing the teeth, taking daily baths with or without any additional tools, shaving beard and other body hair, wearing clothes, cooking food on fire before eating, collecting stocks of food items for "future" (of course due to fear of death and insecurity about health), earning and managing money - which is again the technology used only by humans.
But the above are still considered as daily routine tasks, done to just survive in a better way, and not Work or Karma. What, then, does Work or Karma stand for? Let's understand.
Humans have a special luxury of thinking and reasoning, which is rarely found in any other animals. This particular ability has made humans the fastest-evolving species on the planet. Humans have discovered numerous measurements to measure almost everything around them. As a result of this, we have several dedicated branches of knowledge such as mathematics, science, medicine, technology, engineering, finance, law, business transactions, languages, arts, and so on.
Again, the basic tendency of human beings is to "think," but here comes the role of consciousness. Every conscious person will 'make a choice' of what to think, how to think, and for how long to think. This is the point where the parallel process of action takes place. Thoughts and actions mixed with pure consciousness make the most truthful choices. The result of the process of thinking, removing the unnecessary clutter from the mind, applying consciousness, and selecting the important thing to do is called Work. While working, we remove our feelings and emotions and become more particular, practical about the work. That is also known as Karma.
Selecting the work is not sufficient. Analyzing the impact factor of that work is also necessary.
How do we decide whether our work has a significant impact or not?
Think about a person preparing for defense-level exams. S/he has a clear motive to serve and devote their entire life to the country. S/he could have selected the easy moneymaking job, but s/he didn't. Now, by joining either the Army, the Navy, or the Air Force, the utilization of all his health and might will be only for the country. It has a great social impact. This is how you measure all the work and jobs around the world and check the impact of the same. To get results at the primary level, one can also measure the time and energy spent on different activities throughout the day. Time and life spent with people, content consumed from inside and outside the screen, places visited within a week or a month, thoughts that kept oneself engaged a lot, and so on.
Still feeling clueless about this? No worries. Start reading or learning about all the great figures who lived in history. Keep some questions in mind while reading. It's always good to know about the lives of visionaries and great personalities. Study well and have a minute observation about their life and choices. I am not talking about the people who have always focused on making money. It is about the people with long visions and heavy missions that led the entire course of humanity towards a drastic change.
This would be a great exercise to carry out, especially in this time of quick name-quick fame-quick money. Tech giants need more data to store the useless content created by influencers daily. The Internet, if not made a sharp choice, can ruin human capacity. The times are crucial, so is the decision-making. A constant flow of ads and information bombards us daily. And this 'flow' is very dangerous. It never allows one to think, reflect, and sit silently with one's own self.
This is the real philosophy: Work, Karma, and other routine tasks. By removing all the clutter of our sensory needs and cutting the layers of all the hidden emotions, we see ourselves as the purest consciousness. The more we purify our consciousness, the clearer we become about our actions and further choices. While you become silent and consciously think about all of the choices and actions, all the major giants and money makers experience great pressure. Because the practice of mindfulness, stability, and asking for nothing makes them worry about production and consumption.
I recall the Buddhist philosophy here: "Be stable and silent. The world, life, and time are nothing but an endless flow of the river. Just be watchful about your own involvement and the role of the world in your life. The moment you, with all your ego, prejudices, and preconditioning, jump in the flow, you lose what you have earned through silence and stability."
Happy reading,
Happy learning.
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