Living with the 4th Factor can make us Truly Happy
Therefore, while we are alive and we cannot escape from action, we have to learn to act dispassionately, without desire, craving and expectation whatsoever. This is a way to be happy. Many people question, “How can such action be efcient?” According to them, “Such action may lose its gleam as it will not have any motivation or inspiration.” This is not true. We can continue to act with the highest inspiration, but in surrender. Once we know that there is a 4th Factor in command, we know that we are not in command of the results. We are only in command of our actions and we can choose the best instrument and method, but we cannot decide the result. The 4th Factor is beyond our comprehension and how it controls the results of our actions, is beyond our imagination.
Does that mean, we must be unhappy and miserable because the 4th Factor can control our happiness? Of course not! The 4th Factor cannot make us miserable. It cannot control our reaction to what happens. As long as we are willing to accept the 4th Factor and react positively with happiness, we never need to lose our joy. Therefore, if we want to be happy, we must learn to live without expectations. We may have certain wishes, but we must leave these wishes to the 4th Factor and we must be willing to accept its judgement. We can desire something and based on that desire, we can put in our best efforts. But we must not become attached either to the desire or to the fruit