The Gita does not say that you must do whatever you do without caring for the result; it is also impossible to execute. That’s also the way so many popular gurus have sold the Gita. It’s very harmful. With false action, you will always have one eye on the result. The first thing is the right action; only right action can give you detachment from the result.
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Questioner: In the Gita, it’s written, “Keep doing your action and don’t bother about the result.” So, that’s what was my life’s motto: to be the jack of all trades until you find the one. Do whatever gives you mental pleasure and do that freely. You want to do something, you can do that— just do that, that was my motto till today. I was a cultural person, I was a sports person, I was a nerd, and everything.
People around me keep telling me, “Why don’t you give full potential to one activity, like studies and all?” Someone told me to take placement, but I didn’t want to do that. Now I am feeling a little guilty. I think that people might be right. It’s a fast-changing, competitive world. I cannot always be like myself.
So, my question is, how to do away with this guilty consciousness? I don’t want a big balance check. I want to check all the things that are in my bucket list, not a big balance check.
Acharya Prashant: See, the Gita is probably the most misunderstood scripture among the popular ones. The Gita does not say at all that you must do whatever you do without caring for the result. Such a thing is not only not said, but also impossible to execute. The Gita does not ask you to just randomly follow your whims and desires.
