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Any
suffering happens only because of misalignment of intention and
action. When our intention is right but our action is not aligned
with it, we miss the whole thing. But first, our intention itself
needs to be right! Most of the time, we have self-contradictory
intentions giving rise to confused actions, and therefore confusing
results.
Align your Actions with your Intentions
As long as the intention and action are not right
and aligned with each other, we will feel continuously dissatisfied in life.
This is a deep secret of life. Only when we don't know these secrets, we won't
understand why we are dissatisfied.
Take a simple example. Your intention is to be
free from worry am I right? But if you just observe, you will see that you search
for the slightest excuse to enter into worry! This is what I mean when I say
'self-contradictory'. Let me tell you a small story:
* A man was suddenly found
searching for something in front of his house
* A passerby stopped and asked him what he was searching for.
* The man replied, 'I lost a gold coin.'
* The passerby felt sorry for him and started searching along with him.
* Soon, another person came by and asked what they were searching for. Then he
too started searching for the gold coin.
* Soon, they became a group of people searching for the gold coin.
* Suddenly one of them asked the man, 'Are you sure you dropped the coin here?'
* The man replied, 'I lost it inside the house, but there was light only here,so I
am searching here.'
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This
is what happens when we don't align our intentions with our
actions! The moment we become clear about our intention,
we will spend every ounce of our energy, intelligence, clarity
and devotion only to fulfill that intention. When we do this,
there will be no hangover, no stress, no emptiness, no worry.
We will integrate and flower as a mature individual. We will
be fulfilled all the time.
But
having the right intention is the first step. How do we determine
what really is our intention, our true desire? And how do we
know it is the right intention?
This deep self-analysis
is what the Kalpataru guides you through. The process brings
alive your latent natural intelligence. The
Master's presence here is the ultimate assurance. It takes you
to the very depths of your being, and brings you face to face with
your true self. In this state, your original intentions with which
you assumed your body will come up. They will simply surface and
give you the clarity.
How can you be sure that that intention is right?
By 'right', I don't mean socially right. That 'right' is variable and depends
on what culture and background you live in. What I mean by
'right'
here is, 'right' according to the laws of the Cosmos, of Existence.
Anything in tune with Existence has to be right because it
can only be for the good of you and everyone around you. Understand,
anything that comes from your consciousness, out of pure awareness,
will by its very nature be in tune with Existence.
Aligning this right intention with action is the
next step. This is the real test of your intention. When the intention has happened
based on pure consciousness, it can easily actualize into action.
Be very clear, if you find yourself saying, 'I want to really
do this but I am not able to…I don't feel enough motivation
to complete this,' then you have not landed on the right intention;
you have nut put your whole awareness in determining your intention.
The very lack of intensity shows that somewhere inside, you
yourself are not clear, you yourself are not convinced about
the need
for that intention to fulfill in your life. Kalpataru is the
fire that
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