One would have often come across Bhagavath Geeta message that "Do your duty and not wait for the fruits of your labor". Lot of people, particularly the scientific bent of mind always brought up on Cause and Effect scenario find it difficult to understand the concept. They do not know that there could be other variables in the system that could fail the cause and effect scenario. A captain of the ship controls it but does not know how the sea will behave. This does not mean he does not put in his effort. This is what the fruits of labor need not necessarily come if efforts are put in.
Thus, even if you do your duty and still do not get fruits, how you deal with that situation is what the Geeta is about. Extending the above example of sailor, the captain puts in the effort not knowing how the sea will behave and if he will be able to bring the ship to harbour safely. The effort put in improves the probability of a favourable result.
Read one version recently and it states - Bhagavath Geeta message is never a method for a win. It is a solution for how to deal in case of a loss.
It talks about attachment causes suffering. Now we all know that having being born to this world one day one we will die. It is a fact, but the amount of distress one goes through when one loses a close one even if they are in the 90s. Geeta teaches one to be clinical. The more you are attached the more the pain and less attachment is how you deal a loss by keeping your expectations and reality at nearly the same level.
Today, life is full of uncertainty. Every country wants to fight with other to get the benefits for internal vote or assets of others. One should understand that reality and not have the expectation of hunky dory throughout. This is the principal of investment. Ups and Downs will be there, but steady investment effort should go on.
