--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "WillyTex" <willy...@...> wrote: > > John jrwrote: > > We should be reminded of the aforementioned > > quotation from the Gita... > > > The point of the Bhagavad Gita is that we > should not be attached to the fruits of our > actions. In order to do that, the Gita says > that wen should practice Karma Yoga, the > Yoga of Action. We should act, but not be > attached to the results of our actions. The > way you do that is to meditate, go beyond > the gunas, then act from the level of the > Absolute, free from attachment. If you do > this, your actions will be spontaneously right > actions and will be in accord with nature. > > > The old American adage further states, > > "He who lives by the gun, dies by the > > gun".... > > > It is a mistake to think of the Gita as a > manual for battle or an 'Art of War' work. > The author of the Gita was explaining Yoga, > not fighting. The Gita is a polemic aimed > at refuting the pacifism of the Buddhists, > but the primary aim of the author is to > tell people hoe to transcend the gunas, > not to be attached to battle tactics. > > According to the Gita, the gunas are an > eternal cycle, never ending, but there > is One Absolute, not created that never > dies - the Soul is not killed when the > body dies. There is no birth and death, > no creation, and really no action: in > Reality there is only Being, the > Transcendental Person. > This is true.. When one becomes 'Enlightened', then one 'Witnesses' the 'Gunas'... One is no longer involved with them... One is just going along with the flow...
If some 'Bad Karma' is coming back to one, then one knows that's what it is, that's all... Karma, tends to come back instantaneously when one is enlightened... Eckart Tolle has some wonderful descriptions of the state, of being 'Without the Three Gunas... Creation, Maintainance, and Destruction... This is how the three dimensions work... Behind the scenes, is the 'Silent' no active absolute... Through the practice of TM, one transcends thought and experiences the that which is beyond thought, pure consciousness... Pretty simple stuff, huh? R.J.G.
