Act With Awareness

 

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Act with Awareness

Right since our birth we are always doing something or the other. For us, our actions become our deeds, in fact it is also said that man is defined by his actions. The question which arises is how is the seed of the action planted! All actions originate in the mind, we first get a thought, it germinates and when the time is right, we act upon it. Many people act under the influence of drugs and alcohol, these people dull their minds to do acts which they otherwise would never dare to perform.

How we behave with others defines our relationships and becomes the foundation of our character. Our thoughts, words and deeds have to be in alignment – most people think one thing, say something else and do something entirely different. Most politicians fall into this category!

Meditation takes us inward and after a point we become watchers, observers, witnesses, we learn to be watchful. Watch every act that we perform, every thought that passes through our mind, our desire that consumes us. Learn to watch even the smallest of gestures – walking, talking, eating, bathing – learn to make everything an opportunity to watch!

As your watching subconsciously becomes more focused, you start seeing things more clearly, clarity improves dramatically. With greater clarity hastiness in action slows down. You become more graceful in your actions. Your mind’s chattering slows down as your watchfulness increases, this happens because the energy that was consumed in chattering is turning and becoming watchfulness. As your watchfulness increases, more energy gets transformed into watchfulness, with that food for the mind, energy for the mind dries up – it does not get nourishment any longer. The thoughts slowly die down, and once the thoughts disappear clarity becomes crystal clear – now your mind has become a mirror. And when one is clear, one is blissful. Confusion is the root cause of misery; blissfulness stands on the foundation of clarity.

Once you learn to act with awareness, once you have known awareness, nothing else is worth it – you have learnt to live with the greatest bliss in life. You suddenly realise that acts don’t mean anything, they don’t matter – what matters is your awareness, your consciousness, your mindfulness – what you do is not the concern. This state will drive away misery forever – you will then be in a perpetual state of bliss.