Holistic Movement Center
845 Napa Ave, #A Morro Bay, CA 93442 Ph:
(805)-909-1401
Action!!!
We often hear “Surrender,” “Be at ease with whatever comes,” “Wanting causes suffering,” “Let go and just be…” We listen and it seems to make a lot of sense in a yoga class. But we know it is suppose to make sense in life outside of class. Somehow for many it doesn’t. There are the responsibilities that come with family, friends, jobs, clubs… What does it mean to let go and to be at ease with whatever comes? What does it mean when you hear someone chime that everything is already perfect the way it is. You are perfect, the world is perfect, there is oneness. Just one look at the news and you start doubting. Just one look at your dysfunctional, habitual patterns and you know you can’t be perfect. You keep going to yoga classes and letting go while you are there and you keep your ambitions, frustrations, goals and greed to your self. Right? Or you start wondering… What does it mean.?
In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna tells Arjuna, the great warrior who is no longer sure he should fight, that any action is better than inaction. He also tells him that he has the right to work, but not to the fruits to his work. That selfless service is sure to grant you passage to immortality. Krishna tells Arjuna that the ego-mind uses the senses for self gratification, and those who dwell in the ego-mind find no grace, no contentment, no joy and are subject to the continual cycles of rebirth. So, how do you act without acting? Established in the Self, Krishna tells, one is in a state of equanimity at all times. In that state there is calmness and there is space full of potentiality. When one is established in the Self one is connected with Divinity at all times. Therefore one is at ease with whatever comes, knowing that impermanence is the name of this game. Everything will eventually pass.
When in this state the mind does not flicker uncontrollably and franticly in all directions inventing possibilities and than making you believe in them. If left to its self the mind will run you in circles, it will solve your cross word puzzles, it will doubt your relationships, it will take you up and down on a roller coaster ride even when one does not exist. Established in the Self you see your situations for what they are and through the calmness of equanimity you also see what needs to be done, what must be done, and how. In essence the necessary actions reveal themselves because you have allowed the space for that to happen. You will be wiser in your choices and you will be acting with compassion, faith and certitude. You will also not grow attached to anything you do and anything you have. Instead you will live with gratitude. Your actions will no longer be for you alone. They will be in service of the greater good. When acting in line of your duty and dharma no bad karma can be accumulated. When acting in selfless service all karma is dissolved. Established in the Self the mind becomes a useful tool, which you can put away when you are done and call upon it when it’s needed. The mind is not a bad thing; it’s just a busy thing that needs taming. As Eckhart Tolle puts it in the “Power of Now” – you are here to enable the divine purpose of the universe to unfold – that is how important you are….
