Questioner (Q): Sir, I wanted to know how do you find direction in your life? How do you find the mission that you want to pursue and how do you find excellence in every second? That's my question.
Acharya Prashant (AP): You have to know what you are doing. You have to ‘know’ what you are doing. Once you know what you are doing, then the knowledge itself is the motivator. Whereas, if what is happening is happening perchance, or in an accidental flow, or in a very unconscious way, then you will very frequently feel a loss of energy. You will not know why you should exert yourself at all, and you will require tonnes of external motivation. If you're somebody who frequently needs to be motivated, through an external source then you should ask yourself, "Do I really know what I am doing?"
I will come back to the word I used a while back, Love. If you're doing something that you know is being done because it deserves to be done, then you will not demand returns from your efforts. That knowledge, that realization that what you are doing is absolutely important, makes you choiceless. And then you just do what you have to do without bothering about this or that. Otherwise, your energy level depends so much on the situations. Just got some positive results, you feel encouraged and energized. Let down by the situations, you feel demotivated, totally sapped off of energy.
So, maybe every day, two times, three times might be a good idea to question yourself, "What am I here for? What am I doing? What is this thing really all about? I don't have infinite time. I might be young, but still, all that I have left is, let's say another 50 years at most", right? And 50 years are nothing. In terms of historical time, 50 years is a blink. Those 50 years will just pass away like a dream.
