Guest guest Posted May 11, 2005 Report Share Posted May 11, 2005 ...... >>Don't you think that reading just the words that, 'everything is the Self,' ...could make us sit back and do nothing. ....that itself is a question, speculation, guess, imagination of mind ! One that is 'concerned' with sitting back doing nothing or acting this or that way ...is mind. The existence works Silently, ....without having to ask questions, without needing to decide ... The stars arise and fall, the planets go around stars, moons around planets ...each without having a nation of " I am doing it " , .... " I have to do it " Without thinking, " I have to bring rain to this place " , " I have to bring this season in this place " , " I have to grow plants " They just follow their nature, ...and, things happen ... sometimes, rivers, streams, plants and flowers other times, ...storms, flood, draughts, typhoons too ... The earth quietly follows its nature ... The embryo grow into baby and comes out ... without 'thinking', without 'planning' ....I have to enter this family and do this to them ! In fact, sometimes, they even arrive to a 'non desiring' mother and 'non welcoming' family ! It just follow its nature. You sleep, you go in deep dreamless sleep ...and, then, you also come out, ....dream and get up Without having to 'plan' and 'think' in your sleep that " I need to get up " . A seed grows into plant, the plant flowers, fruits, spreads it fragrance and fruits ... Without having to think " I have to do this and that " ... Leaves do photosynthesis and make food virtually sustain entire chain of animal life ... ....without thinking " I have to sustain animal life " ....I have to eradicate hunger from this world. Cells divide, cells fight bacteria, the body breathes, the blood circulates .... Each just follow their own nature. That nature is Dharma, Unattached, un-resisted, unselfish ( not desiring something out of it, not expecting something out of it ), surrendered adherence to one's Dharma is going beyond ...Karma ! That is surrendered action, That is fulfilling the role of whole ... Yes, you might be seen as doing great work ... or, You might be seen as sitting idle, doing nothing. Yet, you do nothing, the body, the entity just follows its nature, you just remain a Witness ! " you " that 'decides' ... " what to do " , " what should happen " , " what should be done " , " what should have been " ...is Absent ! .. .... ...... “you” that asks all the questions, doubts everything, you that wants to decide, control, predict and for .... " what to do " , " what should happen " is the Cause of Problem. It is the Sinner ... It is the Pain .. It is the One that has eaten the fruit of tree of Knowledge of Good and Bad ! Otherwise, Lion eats lamb ... Lamb eats grass ... each follow their 'nature' ... and, you remain unattached ! Discover Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing & more. Check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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