Thursday, February 3, 2011

Karma yoga is not really a path towards self-realization

Karma yoga is not really a path towards self-realization . It is the end result of the various path travelled. It is a realization by oneself that he cannot do anything because “EVERYTHING IS JUST HAPPENING ON ITS OWN” without any purpose (Leela or play of consciousness) i.e. nobody is doer, hence no body exists in the sense we understandabout ourselves with our limited mind’s capacity.

The very basic principle of Karma Yoga is “Doing actions without expecting a result”, but due to very nature (inbuilt programme) of our mind itself we are neither capable of doing nor imagining of any mental or physical activity without having a goal/fruit/result thought in advance.

The real Master(Karmayogi) knows by his experience that he does not exist. He exists only in other’s perception. He knows that existence is acting through his body-mind structure in the same way as is acting through others also. The only difference between him and others is that he knows this reality, but others don’t know. Now since he does not exist there is no question of either goal/expectation/result/fruit or any action. In the eyes of others he appears to be doing, but when asked why he is doing, he replies he does not know and further he says it is just happening. The others label him as enlightened / rishi / yogi /maharishi/brahmarshi etc. because he is acting without expectation of any result/fruit.

And the tragedy is that without realizing why he is behaving like this, others start thinking that reverse is true i.e. in order to become self-realised we should practice “Do actions without expecting a result”. But this can never happen due to very nature (inbuilt programme) of the mind itself we are neither capable of doing nor imagining of any mental or physical activity without having a goal/fruit/result thought in advance.

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