Sometimes we contemplate giving up

Sometimes we contemplate giving up. We try to
quit. Sometimes the way we work, or do things
doesn’t produce the desired and predicted
results. Its not about whether we’re good
enough. It's about feeling determined, content
and happy in whatever situation you are in,
whatever God gives you, you choose to stay
cheerful. Realise it serves a purpose. Remind
yourself why you are here, why you are doing
and what you are getting out of it. Remember, if
you love God, you work to make it an offering to
God, not to earn anything out of it. The sages
define renunciation, Sanyasa, as abstaining from
any work with a personal motive.
# TheShivaTribeThe wise define sacrifice or Tyaga
as giving up attachment to the fruits of all work.
Renunciation is to be practiced not towards
work or the world but to the attachment to the
fruits of all works. A true renunciant works for
others and lives for others. Tyaga means
renunciation of attachment to the fruits of all
work, or working just for God. A person who
does sacrificial service, Seva to God is called
Tyagi or a KarmaYogi. According to Bhagwat
Geeta, Renunciation of attachment to sensual
pleasures is the real sacrifice, Tyaga. The
perfection of Tyaga comes only after a person
becomes free from the clutches of attachments
and aversions. Selfish attachment to the fruit
must be first given up before giving up all
attachments. There is no eye better than the
eye of Self-knowledge, no austerity better than
truth, no pain greater than attachment, and no
pleasure greater than Tyaga. One cannot
become happy without Tyaga, one cannot
become fearless without Tyaga, and one cannot
attain God without Tyaga. Bhagwat Gita
recommends renunciation while living in the
world, not renunciation of the world as
commonly misinterpreted. Lord Rama gave up
His kingdom and even His wife for the
establishment of righteousness, Dharma. Give up
attachment and attain perfection by renunciation
is the message of the Vedas and the Upanishads.
A person who is Tyagi cannot commit sin and is
released from the cycles of transmigration. One
can cross the ocean of transmigration and reach
the shores of salvation in this very life by Tyaga!
Hari Om Tat Sat Namah Shivaya ~ Bum Bum
Bhole!