Once I understand  the reality of pure consciousness and own it up in my life, then I don\u2019t need karma yoga<\/em>. Karma yoga<\/em> is not for a wise person, karma yoga<\/em> is meant for the individual who is trying to know the truth. Therefore, this question is mixing up two standpoints\u2014the standpoint of a wise person and the standpoint of a karma yogi<\/em>.  A karma yogi<\/em>  is a person who is developing into a wise person and that takes time and effort. There is no other way to live other than karma yoga<\/em> unless you want to take up sanyasa,<\/em> which has been explained in an earlier post. Therefore, this becomes almost inevitable. Your concern also probably stems from a doubt if this understanding of Ishwara<\/em> will be a conditioning, a block to your understanding of the truth. I\u2019ve never found the understanding of Ishwara<\/em> a block, because our understanding of Ishwara<\/em> is in harmony with what the reality is; it is not opposed to that reality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If I understand that I am the limitless awareness and consciousness, that I am one with the lord, then I don\u2019t need karma yoga. In fact, if I understand this, then I am not a karma yogi, but I am a jnani  instead, a wise person, a stithapragnya, described in the second chapter of the Gita. Who is karma yoga for? Karma yoga is for… Continue reading I have been practising the karma yoga attitude for action and I feel good about it. However, my mind keeps throwing up a question: why am I offering to the lord at all? Why Ishwara-arpana? And if we believe in Advaita philosophy, what really happens with this attitude of Ishwara-arpana?\u2014Sunita Chemburkar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qa","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n