42. Balanced Decision Making
W e all make several decisions for ourselves, our family and society based on a variety of factors daily. Krishna exhorts us to take this decision making to the next level when he says ‘ Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam ’ (2.50). This verse is generally interpreted to mean that yoga is attaining mastery in a particular karma or profession. Its deeper meaning, however, is that in the yoga of equanimity, every action becomes harmonious. It’s about dropping kartapan (doership) and ahankaar to experience the harmony that flows out like the beauty and fragrance of a flower. As karta , all our decisions are directed towards attaining pleasure and avoiding pain for ourselves and our families. The next level of the journey is making balanced decisions, especially when we are responsible for organizations and society, however, the kartapan or sense of doership remains. Here, Krishna is speaking about the ultimate level where kartapan itself is dropped and whatever flows out of su...