TIME MANAGEMENT

SPIRITUAL DIMENSION

Time Management Matrix

IMPORTANT

Quadrant I

Quadrant II

URGENT
Quadrant IV Quadrant III

NOT URGENT

NOT IMPORTANT

Quad I Urgent & Important

eg. Crisis Deadline driven projects requires immediate attention press on us, insists an action

Quad III Urgent but Not Important

eg. casual drop in visitors interruptions some incoming mails Quadrant of Deception
right in front of us often they are pleasant, easy, fun to do.

Quad IV Not Urgent & Not Important

eg. watching mindless TV shows gossiping Quadrant of Waste

we often escape to Quadrant IV for survival

Quad II Important & Not Urgent

eg. spiritual renewal meditation Quadrant of Quality

value clarification preparation empowering

question!
How we find time for enhancing

our to sharpen spiritual intelligence ? or practice spiritual activities ?

SQ

when
We have so much to do that, 24 hours are not enough. We all are racing with time. We are in a competitive world. If we relax, we are left behind.

Above all the world is moving at a FAST pace

with a rule - SURVIVAL

of the FITTEST!!

Solution is in effective TIME MANAGEMENT

Effective TIME MANAGEMENT means to identify what is IMPORTANT

What is really important ?

or

What are the big Rocks ?

We live in a relative world

In my opinion what is

important is unimportant for others beautiful is ugly for others warm is cold for others

Our opinions are product of our

paradigm and perceptions conditioning environment upbringing society persons whom we associate with, etc.

Scriptures & great Acharyas inform us of this or activities which are of

ABSOULTE IMPORTANCE

Vedas point out human life is meant for SELF REALIZATION or GOD REALIZATION

athto brahma jijs

(Vedanta sutra)

Krishna in Bhagavad Gita points out

bahn janmanm ante jnavn m prapadyate

After many births and deaths, he who is actually in knowledge surrenders unto Me.

Prahalad Maharaj in Srimad Bhagvatam instructs

kaumra caret prjo dharmn bhgavatn iha durlabha mnua janma tad apy adhruvam arthadam

One who is sufficiently intelligent should use the human form of body from the very beginning of lifein other words, from the tender age of childhoodto practice the activities of devotional service. The human body is most rarely achieved...

...and although temporary like other bodies, it is meaningful because in human life one can perform devotional service. Even a slight amount of sincere devotional service can give one complete perfection.

Srimad Bhagvatam instructs

labdhv su-durlabham ida bahu-sambhavnte mnuyam artha-dam anityam apha dhra tra yateta na pated anu-mtyu yvan nireyasya viaya khalu sarvata syt

After many, many births and deaths one achieves the rare human form of life, which, although temporary, affords one the opportunity to attain the highest perfection. Thus a sober human being should quickly endeavor for the ultimate perfection of life...

...as long as his body, which is always subject to death, has not fallen down and died. After all, sense gratification is available even in the most abominable species of life, whereas Krishna consciousness is possible only for a human being.

MOST COMMONLY EXPRESSED FEAR

But what if I am neither here nor there !!!

In Bhagavad-gita Arjuna asks Krishna

O Ka, what is the destination of the unsuccessful transcendentalist, who in the beginning takes to the process of self-realization with faith but who later desists due to worldly-mindedness and thus does not attain perfection in mysticism?

O mighty-armed Ka, does not such a man, who is bewildered from the path of transcendence, fall away from both spiritual and material success and perish like a riven cloud, with no position in any sphere?

Krishna replies

Son of Pth, a transcendentalist engaged in auspicious activities does not meet with destruction either in this world or in the spiritual world; one who does good, My friend, is never overcome by evil.

The unsuccessful yog, after many, many years of enjoyment on the planets of the pious living entities, is born into a family of righteous people, or into a family of rich aristocracy.

Or [if unsuccessful after long practice of yoga] he takes his birth in a family of transcendentalists who are surely great in wisdom. Certainly, such a birth is rare in this world.

On taking such a birth, he revives the divine consciousness of his previous life, and he again tries to make further progress in order to achieve complete success, O son of Kuru.

And when the yog engages himself with sincere endeavor in making further progress, being washed of all contaminations, then ultimately, achieving perfection after many, many births of practice, he attains the supreme goal.