We have two choices in life: One is to fulfill ourselves. The other is to take the time and energy that we would utilize in fulfilling ourselves and use it to make others happy.
Selfless giving reminds us that there is an eternally present spirit in all of us, that when revealed, liberates us from both the transitory and the eternal - both of which ultimatly can be attachments.
Karma simply means that whatever type of energy you project, or you allow to pass through your being, you will become for a period of time.
This is what Krishna says in the Bhagavad-Gita - Karma Yoga. If you can't avoid action, you might as well act.
One thing I have seen, regardless of the method of aprehenesion of the dimensional plane one is in, is self-giving and how effective it is.
The most giving souls are those who give when they don't have to give, who could just walk away from this world and its suffering and merge with eternal existence and bliss forever.
Enlightenment is represented by Sri Krishna, who is said to be an avatar.
Arjuna is a warrior of great renown, says he won't fight. He tells Krishna: I can't fight because I love these people. It's immoral. It's unjust. There's no winning.
Suddenly they have to face each other down - you've got to kill your friends.
It's a civil war, and Arjuna knows a lot of people who are on the opposite side of the battlefield - they've been his friends.
Arjuna, who is the fearless waririor in the story is a very wordly indvidual, we assume with high past lives.
I have written and spoken my thoughts over many years. Now I'm on new ground and spirit. I want to bring these together. Things like karma yoga, bhakti yoga, conscious dying, conscious aging. Consciousness.
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Granted, in order to give selflessly, one often starts giving selfishly. As Tiresias said to Odysseus: "Honey ... you don't get through hell in a hurry"
It's better to do something, even if you're attached to the results.
Selfless giving involves time. It takes a bit of time to care and share yourself with the universe.
As you pass through this life, have you done all that you really wish to for others?
If we think of Albert Schweitzer, Ghandi, Lincoln, we feel that the people who were the most outstanding in the this world are those who have given the most of themselves.
We see that love manifested normally in the soldier, in the parent, in the lover, and in the spiritual teacher.
In the soldier we see the love of country. When you are willing to go onto a battlefield and give your life to defend an ideal ... knowing that you may not live through day.
In the Bhagavad-Gita, a dialogue ensues in the middle of a battlefield, symbolizing the battlefield of life which we are fighting through our illusions.
Eternity is selfless giving. Eternity sends forth all of the worlds, the very fabric of existence.
Selfless giving is the art of living.
The secret to enlightenment is kindness and selfless giving. Without that, it's just words, isn't it?
The best mantrum is selfless giving beause as you repeat it again and again, you change.
Selfless actions create a higher karma, which brings you into higher states of mind. When you are in higher states of mind you will see things that you never saw before.
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