Action

 

Reminding oneself about important seeds of thoughts is crucial. We remain in a fluid environment of thoughts. These are formed from countless impressions/ vibrations that come from consciousness and shape our thinking as a human being, the chief components being the feelings and intellect. These thoughts make us imagine our existence and the manner we see the phenomena around us (space, time and matter). This means that the matter in front of us and the matter that we conceive may get defined or perceived based on our understanding of the cosmos or the connect with consciousness. The visual manifestation is nothing in physical terms. It is the intent through which the form is perceived or conceived, is what will either take our mind to a state of consciousness or towards matter again. For this reason, what we say or do and what we think or act - is instrumental in leading to a state of greater awareness.

This fact is to be impressed upon us. So one may realize that there is no point in judging or evaluating or cribbing or being aggressive.

The necessity of engagement is there, which cannot be avoided and why should it? We avoid taking action since we expect a perfect situation or to take some credit or to coordinate properly lest we fail or to prove something what should be right and so on. We avoid taking responsibility because we know that we can’t control all factors and we remain answerable for everything by people. We know that whatever we do, things are not going to be accepted in the same spirit and whatever we do, all work (no matter how good it is done and thought over) has some defect. Moreover, the same work is seen from various angles by different tendencies hence that doesn’t satisfy all at the same time and neither the work keeps any one person satisfied for eternity! Summarily, all this is an expectation trap. And this trap is set by us because of our on-going desire to perform that stems from fear or attachment to body.

In philosophical terms, above is the illusion or a state of existence we experience. Is that good or bad? It just IS…there’s no judgement in that or there’s no need to place any kind of a value in it and keep us in the judges room. This is a force that will generate motion, desires, actions, time and many other related things. In themselves they are not something independent and something that one needs to compete with or do anything. The whole point is to gain composure or just observe the tendency of this force and continue with the mode of action nevertheless. By developing the strength to not unnecessarily react, the force will subside and eventually the true nature of consciousness is revealed. Then the action will come from a far greater depth of Being.