KARMA YOGAM AWARENESS
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KARMA CAN BE SHED IN TWO WAYS: EITHER BY ACTING WITH AWARENESS OR BY ACTING WITH TOTAL ABANDON. IF YOU CAN DO IT WITH BOTH, YOU ARE LIBERATED. THESE ARE THE TWO APPROACHES TO KARMA YOGA. BUT WITHOUT THESE TWO, EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO IS AN ACCUMULATION OF KARMA.
ABONDON IS ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT QUALITIES TO FIND IN THE WORLD TODAY. THE LEVEL OF INHIBITION THAT PEOPLE LIVE WITH IS TRULY AMAZING. IT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SEVERAL OF THE DISEASES - BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL - WE SEE AROUND US.
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I OFTEN ASK PEOPLE, HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE GROWN UP IN FAMILIES WHERE YOU HEARD YOUR PARENTS LAUGHING MANY TIMES A DAY? MOST OF THE PEOPLE ARE DEAD SERIOUS BECAUSE THEY ARE BURDENED BY THIS DREADFUL DUTY OF HAVING TO BRING UP THEIR CHILDREN RIGHT.
AWARENESS IS A FAR DEEPER DIMENSION. IT IS NOT SOMETHING YOU DO. IT IS NOT AN ACTION. IT IS A STATE OF BEING . IT IS THE WAY YOIU ARE. AWARENESS IS INCLUSIVENESS, A WAY OF EMBRACING THIS ENTIRE EXISTENCE. YOU CAN SET THE RIGHT CONDITIONS FOR IT TO HAPPEN, BUT YOU CANNOT DO IT. IF YOU BRING THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND ENERGY BODIES INTO ALIGNMENT, THERE WILL BE ROOM FOR AWARENESS FOR YOU, YOU EXPLODE INTO THE ONENESS OF EXISTENCE. THIS IS YOGA, THE ULTIMATE UNION.
WHAT ABOUT ABANDON? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
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IT MEANS THAT YOUR INVOLVEMENT HAS BECOME SO INTENSE THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO ABANDON YOURSELF. MOST PEOPLE THINK THE WORD REFERS TO ABANDONING SOMEONE OR SOMETHING! BUT THIS IS ABOUT ABANDONING YOURSELF. YOU ARE WILLING TO JUST GIVE UP EVERYTHING THAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE YOURSELF.
NOW, ABANDON CAN CERTAINLY HAPPEN BY SIMPLY SITTING STILL, BUT IT IS NOT EASY. IT TAKES AWARENESS TO DO THIS IN A STATE OF INACTION. ON THE OTHER HAND, IN INTENSE STATES OF ACTIVITY - WHEN YOU ARE RUNNING, DANCING, OR PLAYING A GAME - YOU CAN GIVE YOURSELF UP WITH TOTAL ABANDON. IN SUCH MOMENTS, THERE IS A DISCONNECT BETWEEN YOUR PAST AND YOU. WHEN YOU ARE COMPLETELY LOST OR IMMERSED IN ANY ACTIVITY, THE INFLUENCE OF YOUR PAST KARMA IS NO LONGER UPON YOU. MANY SPORTSPERSONS AND ARTISTS KNOW THIS STATE OF IMMERSION, BUT THE FRUSTRATION IS THAT THEY ARE UNABLE TO SUSTAIN IT. UMMERSIVE ACTIVITY CAN GIVE YOU A TASTE OF FREEDOM, BUT IT CANNOT LAST. YOGA IS THE SCIENCE OF SUSTAINING THAT EXPERIENCE.
MANY BELIEVE THAT A STATE OF RESTLESSNESS IS A PREREQUISITE FOR ACTION. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE. THE PARADOX IS THAT THE BASIS OF ACTIVITY IS IN RESTFULNESS. ACTION THAT IS BORN OF RESTLESSNESS IS LIFE-TAKING, NOT LIFE-GIVING. IT DESTROYS A HUMAN BEING IN THE PROCESS. IF ACTION IS PERFORMED IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT IS NOT ABOUT YOURSELF ANYMORE, YOU WILL SEE THAT ABILITY TO WORK IS ALMOST LIMITLESS. YOU CAN BE ACTIVE ALMOST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY WITHOUT EXHAUSION. THIS IS THE REMARKABLE THING ABOUT KARMA YOGA.
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KARMA YOGA WORKS IN THREE WAYS. IT IS A MEANS TO GENERATE GOOD KARMA FOR ONESELF. IT OFFERS A WAY TO DISTANCE ONESELF FROM THE OPPRESSIVE ASPECTS OF ONE'S KARMIC INHERITANCE. AND IT IS A MEANS OF SHEDDING KARMA AND MOVING TOWARD ONE'S ULTIMATE LIBERATION FROM CYCLICAL EXISTENCE. ALL THESE THREE POSSIBILITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO THE KARMA YOGI, THE COMMITTED PRACTITIONER OF THE ALCHEMY OF WELL-BEING.
