How does an action affect our mind?
- We should practice being selfish for the right reasons and understand the journey we take towards being selfless - learning to be aware of this will allow us to realize the path from selfishness to Selfishness (or selflessness)
- If we can change our perception we can change our reactions - the only way to change our perception is through understanding who we are (jiva), what the world is (jagat) and the nature of God (Ishwara)
- Perception need not be involuntary - we can practice taking a 'step back' to evaluate a situation from a different perspective to have more control over our reactions to objects, beings and situations
- In order to improve ourselves we have to embrace change - a change in perception brings about a complete change to one's life
- We should practice living with a long term vision - when we move away from instant gratification our choices become active rather than reactive causing negative consequences to fade away
- A good action is one that causes that least amount of mental disturbance to oneself - this can be achieved by aligning one's ethics and morals
- We have to be happy to share happiness - thus an Enlightened Personality is the only real giver of happiness
Foundation for our upcoming discussion: How motives affect our actions
'Revolutionary Road' was an intense movie. All of us left the theatre with much to talk about. One of the main messages we reflected over was, 'Whether we do what we do because we want to or because society slowly and stealthily conditions us to?' Think about it...please.
See you on Sunday.
'Though he lives in the conditionings, he, the contemplative one, remains ever unconcerned with anything or he may move about like the wind, perfectly unattached.' --- Adi Shankaracharya from Atma Bodha
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