The Nav-rasas (Nine Elements) for Success

The Nav-rasas (Nine Elements) for Success:

Life is a rich fabric that gets color and texture from the instances and circumstances that occurs day in day out. The humdrum routine that characterizes everyday or the amazing, astounding and surprises that life sprung occasionally that make and keep our lives interesting are all threads that are woven together to form this tapestry.

However there is one thing common to every fabric of human life the fact that these occurrences evoke feelings in us, we respond to them with our emotions before they can become a part of our internal life. Indeed, life can be thought of as a continuous sequence of emotions that arise in various contexts and circumstances. These emotions, or rasas, are what give life different hues, shades and colors. How do these relate to the achieving the success in life?

1. Shringar: means love with an extended meaning of devotion, if we don’t love what we do and do what we love with bursting devotion success will always be half baked.
2. Hasya: If we don’t derive joy from the process how are we going to stay on our path during the testing times? A little humor adds color to life and to the humdrum struggle of achieving goals. One also has to take sarcasm with a pinch of sugar and let go it with a smile.
3. Bhaya: This rasa can pull us down and deflect us from our path of efforts. If we don’t implement governance for this rasa it can crush us completely with its strength. That’s the power of Bhaya.
4. Bhibitsya: Bhaya not controlled and managed at the right time can spiral us towards the feeling of Bhibitsya (disgust). Many a time fear does not allow us to take that risk or the first step, inaction leads to no change in the circumstances and then we are disaster-prone. This kind of state of affairs then pirouette to the higher level of emotions that is depression and self-pity. We have to be aware of the emotions as they are fatal for success.
5. Roudra: When things go against our expectations, we don’t get the solutions to our problems we get irritated and stress. Thought the condition is not alarming but neither easy-going. Today most of us are in our Roudra-Roop (anger-altered state of mind). We fret over small issues; we get angry over minuscule things. Consciously or unnoticeable we are using this rasa to the hilt and look what we have done to ourselves. Suffering heart-attacks and other lifestyle disorders at a very young age, inflicting pain to ourselves or to others. Yes, agreed the journey is challenging, difficulty, irritating and at times really very stressful but we all have the capacity to raise above all odds and make life phenomenal.
6. Veera: A timorous being can also be champion. All it takes is a snap of moment and the right dose of Veera Rasa. Veera is heroism, confidence and courage personified. We have read and had been witness to many stupendous deeds of human being who by nature was coy and demure but in strenuous circumstances they exhibited Veera Rasa and been the champions of life.
7. Karunya: All philanthropies done to the mankind is only because Karunya filled in us. It’s one of those rasas that forbids from being heinous not just to the mankind but to the living beings on this planet. Compassion has always raised the bar of angelic quality in human being. If we are compassionate to our fellow worker imagine the possibilities that could open up and the world will be a beautiful place to live in.
8. Shanta: Each one of us is striving for the ultimate peace; all our efforts are targeted toward the moment that gives the calmness and the relaxation of our life time. It’s a tight walk rope to be able to put Shanta Rasa in practice in midst of all the mayhem of life. This rasa helps us to connect with the mystic and the divine. The moment mystic and divine is experience we move on to the Adbhuta.
9. Adbhuta: The ultimate goal of any soul is to be unison with its purpose of life. All the lifetime our pursuit is to find the real purpose of life. This could happen only when we are connected to our inner self. The moment soul has union with the purpose we feel the divinity, the awesomeness in us and we move on to be Adbhuta. All the great leaders and champions have achieved the Abhuta results that could never be thought of nor imagined.

Every emotion every Rasa is equally important and useful for our well-being and success. It is in our hand to exercise these nine Rasas for our benefits. Think about it when was the last you had all these Nav-Rasas in perfect balance. If you are finding it difficult to answer then it’s time to become Sachet (aware) and start exercising.

To get success we need to have all the Nav- Rasas playing in a perfect balance in our life.