AMBITION • FOCUS • LUCK • A WOMAN’S SUPPORT

Guruji, in one of Your videos You said that ambitions are very important for yogis?

Guruji: not only for yogis – for anybody.

but how is it possible to work hard and at the same time not to be attached to the results?

Guruji: we have been hearing it for more than 50 years now; and I make it different here. If you don’t have any ambition – then why will you work? What is the need for hard work – unless you are a slave? Slaves have no ambitions. And they work hard and get punished for nothing.

If you want to progress in anything – you must have something in your ambition. You must have a dream to follow! Otherwise – what will you do? Think!

What is Krishna saying? You work hard – but don’t think about the fall all the time. But that is a very highly technical situation: once you decide on a goal to achieve – then you work hard to achieve it, absolutely focused.

In that focus: don’t keep thinking whether you will be able to achieve that – or not achieve that; please don’t think about what will happen as a result! Concentrate on the goal – to fulfil the ambition which you have decided upon. Any other thought – and your concentration will go away and you will definitely not achieve it. It’s a highly technical point.

so work hard but at the same time enjoy the process?

Guruji: do it; but don’t doubt yourself at every step – whether I will achieve or not achieve, something will go wrong… that person is not focused.

And we also need to remember: Arjuna was the world champion warrior. And Krishna was the mightiest human being of his time. So those very mighty beings were discussing; their level of focus, their level of ambition was very high.

Once Napoleon was discussing the generals of his army; and someone suggested to him – that was a brilliant general, brilliant strategist and all these things. And what did Napoleon say? I agree absolutely with him. He asked: ok, he is very brilliant – but is he lucky also? Ultimately, it is luck which will swell the results.

So: be brilliant and also keep praying to Lady Luck that she will smile on you.

so, Lady Luck exists even for yogis?

Guruji: I’m sure, yes. Ladies’ support is extremely important!

even if a yogi is practicing very sincerely – he couldn’t achieve such results if he has a lack of luck?

Guruji: if he is a very open-minded person and he is very well-read and physically capable: it means he is lucky to have these qualities. He will achieve results!

If you are dreaming of going to the planet Mars – then you should have enough strength to create a spaceship and fly to Mars. Simply thinking is not enough; you must have enough strength to fulfil it.

And maybe, if luck decides – maybe some UFO will come and take you there. That possibility will always be there.