Golden Yoga:

Golden Yoga: Too Many Desires Or No Desire? Dr. Poonam Singh

Innumerable desires or no desire: Is there a way between the two??? The two extreme views are: too many desires or no desire. What if someone has only limited desires, just to fulfill his necessities. Isn’t it the ideal state between the two extremes of too many desires or no desire. Too many desires will lead to destruction. And, absence of desire will also make life miserable. The aim of life must not be to torture ourselves. When we are striving for Bliss i.e. Aanand then why the way must be of dukkha. Striking a balance between the two is the ideal state. It is the golden yoga (union) of two extremes. This will fecilitate the life of common man, which is need of the hour.

Further, is it possible for everybody to act desirelessly? What if everybody will act out of good desire and intention.

A way out of the two extremes of too many desires or desirelessness: Is it possible for everybody to shun, all of his desires? And, if it is possible, then also, what will be the result of it? It is near about impossible for common man to act desirelessly. Though, it may be possible for monks but there must be Philosophy for common man, which amounts to 95-99%. As in Western philosophy, much emphasis has been given on being in the world not on, being of transcendental world. Suppose for the moment that it is not possible for common man to act desirelessly then there must be a way out of it.

Nishkam Karma or Nihswartha Karma: What does this statement ,’karma se sanyas nahi karma me sanyas’ means? Without any objective nobody can work. The only thing one should keep in mind while deciding one’s actions is this that it must not be done out of vested self-interest. That’s why nishkam karma is in fact nihswartha karma. The agent is not supposed to give up his desires but he should only sublimate his desires.