Part of what I see as tools for transformation has to do with honoring
what you are as an instrument for transformation – and that has to do
with the mind and the heart and the skills.
Hearing what in my business would be called your unique dharma, or your
unique manifestation in the game. Also, then learning how to do it as
'the Bhagavad Gita' says, by not being identified with being the actor
behind what you are doing, and not being attached to the fruits of the
actions. Doing it free of those things, where you’re doing it because
it’s your part in the dance…
“I’ll do what I can to relieve suffering. I’ll do what I can to preserve
the environment, sustainably. I’ll do what I can to bring about justice
to the world.”
Whether there is justice or the environment gets sustained, or there is
an end to suffering, that is not really my business. It would be
chutzpah and presumption for me to think it was. There are just too many
variables involved in that. I learned from the East the idea of doing
impeccable dharma. That is, doing your thing as well as you can. I mean,
when I give lectures or write a book or do whatever I do, or sit with a
dying person… the game is to do that as cleanly and as fully
consciously, and as equanimous as I can.
The next part of this is how it comes out. This is about identification
with yourself as the actor because if you’re identifying as an actor,
like most activists, you burn out immediately because you’re working,
and then there’s more to do and you’re working harder and harder. You
end up feeling exhausted and burned out.
It’s creating space where you can do the actions without getting trapped
in being the actor. Just like your heart is beating – but you’re not
beating your heart. - Ram Dass
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