Total Thoughts (November 8, 2009) - Abortion, Indecision

Total Thoughts:

Abortion, Indecision (On Wings and Wheels pages 44-46)

 

• Abortion is a serious decision, not to be taken lightly - this is something that we should acknowledge and understand the long term consequences of and how it impacts our decisions and actions
  
• We should take a long term view of decision making - we should practice thinking something through, even if we would still perform the action as it will allows us to become more aware of the decision at hand and will allow us to reflect on the experience with the possibility (in some cases) of revisiting the decision later and learning from it
• It is beneficial to strive for inner peace - when you are at peace with yourself, it can help in the decision making process because you have faith in what the outcome will be rather than being attached to the expectation of the outcome
  
• Indifference contributes to indecisiveness - a useful technique could be to question how certain decisions affect us and how they are connected to the 'bigger picture'. for small decisions an effective tool can be to flip a coin and follow through with the result
  
• We can reflect on Sati - when we reflect on Sati, we should think about how it was related to the time and understand what learning can be adapted to modern day society
  
• Education can benefit society - we should think about the most effective way to deliver education to society as inspiring people often is more effective and impactful than governing people
  
• Social patterns change over time -  we associate with different role models over time and sometimes it helps to take a step back and raise our awareness to re-evaluate whether we are learning from the right role models
  

"Desire is at the root of all actions, good or evil" - Swami Chinmayananda

 

Inspire-Love-Be,