Spirituality doesn’t de-motivate

0 Posted by - August 7, 2013 - Radhanath Swami

 

Some people think that if a person becomes spiritual, he or she becomes de-motivated; but it’s just the opposite.

A mother’s love for a child – what profits is she getting from it? A mother is 24 hours a day in service, especially when the child is small. What is the motivation behind her staying up all night when the baby is sick? I know mothers who didn’t sleep for days and days because of the difficulties that the children were having. It’s love.

A business person, a politician, an educator, whatever we may be or want to be, if we are motivated by compassion and love, when we see all the sufferings of this world, we understand from our heart we are all one family, we are all God’s children. And therefore we will be motivated to make a difference through our character, through our integrity, and through our efforts.

Radhanath Swami

20 Comments

  • Nikhil Damwani August 7, 2013 - 10:43 am

    Thanks!

  • Kalpana Kulkarni August 7, 2013 - 11:17 am

    Superb way to look at service with compassion!

  • Swapnil Gaonkar August 7, 2013 - 11:21 pm

    Thank you Radhanath Swmi for enlightening us. This is a common misconception throughout the world.

  • Vinay Jain August 8, 2013 - 1:59 am

    Thank you Radhanath Swami for instilling in us this motivation of love which makes doing anything and everything so joyful and also meaningful because it is done for God’s pleasure.

  • manish August 9, 2013 - 10:27 am

    thanks for sharing

  • Ravi Garg August 11, 2013 - 1:54 am

    Wonderful article…..

  • mala August 12, 2013 - 11:08 am

    beautifully explained by maharaj……….

  • Nikhil Damwani August 21, 2013 - 9:46 am

    Wonderful article…..

  • Prajakta Timbe August 22, 2013 - 9:59 pm

    Amazing and simple explanation by maharaj.

  • Paramesvara Dasa August 26, 2013 - 4:11 am

    Our real position is spiritual and if we come to this position we are completely motivated to serve our source, Krsna. All glories to HH Radhanatha Svami Maharaja.

  • Sha September 15, 2013 - 8:25 am

    “… if we are motivated by compassion and love, when we see all the sufferings of this world, we understand from our heart we are all one family, we are all God’s children” – HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj ki jai!
    Universal Brotherhood is a natural consequence of Universal Fatherhood…

  • Arun V Deshmukh September 22, 2013 - 3:28 am

    Bhakti gives love & compassion which always motivates attitude towards service… Haribol

  • Kalpana Kulkarni October 27, 2013 - 12:08 pm

    Wonderful definition of what spirituality is all about!

  • SAVITA LADE October 27, 2013 - 12:52 pm

    Thankyou Maharaj to motivate us to always remain in service with love and compassion to each other.

  • navin poojary November 5, 2013 - 12:11 pm

    True ! the highest recipient of spiritual message was Arjuna and after receiving the message of Gita he was highly motivated

  • Kalpana Kulkarni November 10, 2013 - 3:01 am

    Wonderful explanation about what spirituality is all about – doesn’t mean we have to renounce everything, but we only have to add Krsna to our lives which will make all the difference.

  • Kalpana Kulkarni November 14, 2013 - 11:18 pm

    Superb words about the reality of spirituality!

  • Sumit Sharma October 21, 2014 - 8:32 am

    Wonderful message from HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj.

  • Anand Patil December 24, 2014 - 9:00 am

    wonderful explanation by HH Radhanath Swami Maharaj.

  • Yadati Raja Shekar March 3, 2015 - 11:40 am

    Radhanath Swami’s analogy to understand true spirituality is Just wonderful.