Grasping, it turns out, is just another form of doubt. Grasping, or craving, or clinging to a particular outcome splits the mind from the present moment. The mind that is constantly evaluating—“How am I doing?” or “How am I measuring up?” or “Am I winning or losing?”—is the divided mind. Krishna speaks about this with vivid psychological insight: “Those who are motivated only by desire for the fruits of action,” he teaches, “are miserable, for they are constantly anxious about the results of what they do.”
