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Advanced Course in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism326
work’s sake—work for the joy of the worker. All great work is produced in
this way.
To many the mystic is regarded as a visionary person, unfit for the work
of the world—a mere dreamer—a weaver of idle speculations. But those
who have looked beneath the surface, realize that the “practical mystic” is a
man to be reckoned with in any branch of human endeavor. His very nonattachment
gives him a strength that the attached man lacks. The mystic is
not afraid—he is daring—he knows that his happiness and success depends
upon no particular combination, and that he will emerge safe and sound
from the most unpromising combination of circumstances. He feels that he
is standing on solid rock—that he has the power of the Universe back of him.
This gives him a strength and courage unknown to the man who stakes his
entire happiness upon the success of some particular thing, and who feels
that he is doomed to despair if that thing does not succeed. The unattached
man allows the stream of life to play upon him, and through him, and takes a
fierce joy in being a part of it all. He goes out into a crowded thoroughfare,
and sees the movement of the people, and feels it all to be a part of himself—
he feels himself as a part of it all. He is conscious of the activity, growth and
motion of the mass of people, and enjoys it all. He is not afraid, for he knows
what it all means. He is moved from one sphere of activity to another, and
knows it to be the work of the forces behind him, which are friendly to him.
He works away, from the very joy of it, and takes the keenest interest in the
masterful performance of his task. And, because of this he does the best of
work. But for the results of the work—that is, for the reward and praise—he
cares nothing. He can turn to another task with equal pleasure, and forget all
about the one just completed. He is not attached to it—it has not entangled
him in its meshes.
Such a man is sure to draw a proper support from his work—it comes to
him as his right. Those who have mastered Karma Yoga, while not caring for
the vanities and show of life, nevertheless find themselves supplied with a
recompense sufficient to supply their wants and to render them comfortable.