KNOWLEDGE SHEET BY SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR
POSTED ON: SATURDAY, JULY 18, 2026
Commitment and Convenience
A commitment can only be felt when it oversteps
convenience. That which is convenient, you do not call commitment. If you just
go on your convenience, your commitment falls apart causing more inconvenience!
If you keep dropping your commitment because it is inconvenient, can you be
comfortable? Often, what is convenient does not bring comfort, but gives an
illusion of comfort. Also if you are too stuck in commitment, and it is too
inconvenient too often, you will be unable to fulfill your commitment and it
will only generate frustration. Wisdom is to strike a balance between
convenience and commitment because both bring comfort to the body, mind and
spirit.
A seeker of knowledge should forget about convenience,
so should soldiers, rulers, students, seekers of wealth and all essential
service providers. Those who want to be creative and adventurous transcend
convenience. Those who are ambitious and have a passion for a goal do not care
for convenience. To the wise their commitment is their comfort. Whenever their
commitment is shaken, their comfort is also shaken. To the lazy, commitment is
torture though it is the best remedy. Commitment will always bring comfort in
the long run.
Question: Are there any commitments that can be given
up?
Answer: Yes.
Sometimes when you are committed without a vision, you
feel stifled when your vision expands. Such commitments made with
shortsightedness can be given up. A smaller less important commitment can be
given up for a greater commitment. Commitment to the means can be given up for
the sake of the commitment to the goals. When your commitment brings misery to
many in the long run it can be given up.
|| Jai Guru Dev ||
