‘I am Lost in the
Work'
By Karmayogi
He is blessed who is lost in the
work. Such people are efficient as their concentration is total. Whatever they
are or not, their efficiency is par excellence. Such people are a matter for
envy. ‘‘He won't notice you for hours when he is immersed in
work'' is the comment they evoke. Invocation of Spirit is something
that is commendable. Anyone drawn to Spirit can invoke the Spirit when they go
in. The response will be instantaneous and magnificent. There are times when we
face problems too big for our personality. At such times we feel 'it is
not for me'. We exclaim, ‘‘I cannot handle it.''
The Spirit can handle what we cannot handle. It demands a concentration more
intense than the one that makes us lost in the work.
Indira Gandhi was pleased by the driver of a Chief Minister. She asked him to
come to Delhi.
After that, he was incapable of thinking of anything else. It would never occur
to a man in that situation to invoke the Spirit so that it may fulfil the
opportunity of Indira's invitation. There are equally dangerous
situations in life suddenly precipitating. A lady was called at her desk in the
office and told her brother was in an accident. How can she think of the
Spirit, Mother or anything else? That lady did. She did not panic. She forgot
the news and called Mother. Phone calls regarding her brother came from several
sides. She was unmoved and was centred in the Mother. Ten minutes later the
brother appeared and explained how the misinformation had come. Mind must go to
MOTHER.
At a crucial moment like this, to wean the Mind from the issue and direct it to
the Mother inside is very difficult. We say the Mind goes to work and is lost
there. When we know that it is not the Mind that does the work, but it is the
Spirit, that knowledge enables the Mind to detach itself from the work and
direct it to the Mother inside. The knowledge that Mother does the work and not
the mind makes it possible. It is consecration. When news comes that a child is
lost, who can think of the Mother? He who thinks of the Mother will get his
child back. Consecration is for the householder. Surrender is the next higher
step. There we go inside, lose ourselves in Mother and let HER do the work. It
is yoga. The rule is consecration is for the householder and surrender is for
the yogi. The householder is not prevented from surrender. As it is too
exacting, it is not demanded of him to solve his domestic problems.