Right
Action
“Whenever
you perform an action, have the attitude that you are not performing
the action. Have the attitude that your actions are really the
actions of non-local intelligence, the organizing universal spirit.
You begin to notice a great diminution of anxiety. You will also be
less attached to the result.”
Deepak
Chopra (The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire, p. 116)
Our culture, especially
our business culture, stresses preparedness. Get ahead of the curve,
take the lead, be so impressive that no one notices there's anyone
else in the room. In other words, be aggressive and determined; you
control the conditions, you set the agenda. We see that scenario in
our entertainment, in our politics and most certainly, in our
international relationships. “Let me tell you how it's going to
be,” rather than, “I'm here to listen and see how we can work
together,” is often the way we perceive empowerment. We are taught
to argue and debate our way to a deal that gets us what we want, and
we feel successful only when we have the upper hand. We have to win,
and someone else has to lose. In doing things this way, we keep
ourselves in a constant state of anxiety.
If you are attempting to
follow Spirit's lead, you do the opposite of that. Instead of
grabbing for everything to which you feel entitled and more, you
wait, you listen, you allow. You are present in the moment with all
your senses, and you are available for guidance. And, that guidance
will come. It may come in a form that surprises you, as though it
sprang up full blown in that moment. As though someone unknown
whispered the right answer in your ear. Wise guidance comes, not from
the ego-you, who wants to have the right answer, and always wants to
“win,” but from the higher Self, whose only interest is your soul
and what comes next for its well-being. You may not win the prize,
but you will walk away knowing that you did the right thing. And, you
will have peace instead of anxiety.
In the Spirit,
Jane
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