A question Im asked over and over again is, While I practice self-inquiry, atma-vichara, Jnana Marga, how shall I act in the world? What shall I do in the world as I keep practicing? What should my attitude be? If everything is preordained, its going to happen anyway, so what should I do in the world? Well, it is true that everything is preordained, but you should act as if its not. You should forget about that, and not think, It doesnt matter what I do. I can be evil or I can be good, whats the difference? If its preordained, Im supposed to do it anyway. On the contrary, act as if you are making the decision and you will have to suffer the consequence of what you do. Thats how you should act in the world. You should develop loving kindness to everyone and everything, not only to human beings, to animals, to vegetables, to minerals. You should treat everything with loving kindness. You should acquire a good disposition and stop getting angry. You should develop joy within yourself, humility. You should not be concerned with what the world is doing. You should not be concerned with what appears to be happening to you. But every reaction of yours should be based on love, on peace, on loving kindness, compassion. ~ Robert Adams
Posted on: Sat, 19 Apr 2014 04:04:52 +0000
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