"The feeling 'I work' is the hindrance. Ask yourself 'Who works?' Remember who you are. Then the work will not bind you, it will go on automatically. Make no effort either to work or to renounce; it is your effort which is the bondage. . . . If you are destined not to work, work cannot be had even if you hunt for it. If you are destined to work, you will not be able to avoid it.

The Self is universal so all actions will go on whether you strain yourself to be engaged in them or not. The work will go on of itself.

Attending to the Self means attending to the work. Because you identify yourself with the body, you think that work is done by you. But the body and its activities, including that work, are not apart from the Self.

What is the undercurrent which vivifies the mind, enables it to do all the work? It is the Self. So that is the real source of your activity. Simply be aware of it during your work and do not forget it. Take your time. Keep the remembrance of your real nature alive, even while working, and avoid haste which causes you to forget. Contemplate in the background of your mind even whilst working. . . . avoid haste, which causes you to forget. Be deliberate. Practice meditation to still the mind and cause it to become aware of its true relationship to the Self which supports it. Do not imagine it is you who are doing the work. Think that the underlying current is doing it. Identify yourself with the current. If you work unhurredly, recollectedly, your work or service need not be a hindrance."