Never underestimate even the tiniest of actions. They are small drops of water, or even, small sparks of flame that will either build your life or set the whole thing spectacularly ablaze. I've been there. I've really been there. 5 years back my life was set on fire in the greatest way which was all because of a karma build of negative actions over a period of a long time. Ignoring the small things, attacking inward and outward, letting pain seethe inside me and run my life. Oh yes I remember that night well, the night where the flames lit up the sky. I burnt down. I burnt to ashes.
Each day, we are presented with circumstances in which we are able to add to our karma or take away from it.
It's never really the large life events that identify us. Yes, naturally, they do have a big part to play, however it actually comes down to the little things, the nitty gritty details that many folks ignore because they think they are irrelevant. The more and more I dive into life the more I and deeply start to understand that everything is moving, consistently changing, made of energy...and your actions in this moment have the ability to send ripples through space that you can't even potentially understand the power of.
For an extended period of time, there had been this significant gap between me and other people because of an implicit distrust in myself - not them. This opening was made through fear, through private anxiety, and through a complete non-understanding of what I was born to do and be deep down inside. So I tended to avoid situations and other people, or on the flip side, purposefully spend almost all of my time attending to others so I could ignore targeting myself.
You know that karma that I am talking about? Well, it doesn't turn out well when you are actually coming from a place of fear.
There's great beauty in this life, but you can definitely miss it if you're spending excessive time thinking in the distant future. You can miss the amazing smiles people give you and how astonishingly amazing they are. You can miss out on how unbelievably relaxed it is to sit out on your porch closing your eyes and just listening to all the sounds around you. These are considered to be the tiny details by many, but to me, these are the drivers of my life...these moments are my inspiration.
Everything around us is living and respiring, and to think for a second that simply because the ground you are standing on is solid basically makes it dead, you my friend are totally wrong. It's all breathing. It's all living...and it all matters.
Each specific action has a result. Each specific action has a counter-reaction to it. These are the laws of life that we live by and these are giant forces at play. I think what we do not quite yet understand is how much our actions really do effect others, the people surrounding us, and the rest of the planet and beyond. We haven't seemed to quite see how different we make the world each day by encouraging a person or lending a bit of help to someone in need. We do not see the ripple consequences of our grin on someones life, attitude, and perception of the planet.
All of these actions, little actions that you take each day are part of karma.
So as time is moving along, I tap into my actions more and more and more and can feel the landscape changing as I consciously make my choices. This shift in my mindset, which came through my training and mentors stretching of my mind, has allowed me to let go of what injures me and to breath life and love into each single moment that I have.
Always come back to your breath. Come back. Come back. Come back. If your intelligence starts to wander, come back. If you become irritated, come back. Over the passage of time you certainly will get better and better at being in this moment instead of getting stuck in reliving old ones or trying to go to a place that you can't really exist in. Continue coming back. "Come back to me" sometimes you will hear your heart subtly whisper.
Our lives can be put on auto pilot or you can drive this guy manually, which is much more fun, and truly get an understanding of the outcome of the intricacies of each and every single action you take. There's beauty in that. Don't be threatened by the knowledge that everything you do matters. This may be something that frees you instead of locks you up.
Let that karma build. Keep adding those drops of water into the vessel and over a period of time you'll have filled it.
P.S. Don't be discouraged if you accidentally lit your haystack up in flames. Having the ability to rebuild your whole world just the way you need it to be is one of the coolest experiences you will ever get to have.
Each day, we are presented with circumstances in which we are able to add to our karma or take away from it.
It's never really the large life events that identify us. Yes, naturally, they do have a big part to play, however it actually comes down to the little things, the nitty gritty details that many folks ignore because they think they are irrelevant. The more and more I dive into life the more I and deeply start to understand that everything is moving, consistently changing, made of energy...and your actions in this moment have the ability to send ripples through space that you can't even potentially understand the power of.
For an extended period of time, there had been this significant gap between me and other people because of an implicit distrust in myself - not them. This opening was made through fear, through private anxiety, and through a complete non-understanding of what I was born to do and be deep down inside. So I tended to avoid situations and other people, or on the flip side, purposefully spend almost all of my time attending to others so I could ignore targeting myself.
You know that karma that I am talking about? Well, it doesn't turn out well when you are actually coming from a place of fear.
There's great beauty in this life, but you can definitely miss it if you're spending excessive time thinking in the distant future. You can miss the amazing smiles people give you and how astonishingly amazing they are. You can miss out on how unbelievably relaxed it is to sit out on your porch closing your eyes and just listening to all the sounds around you. These are considered to be the tiny details by many, but to me, these are the drivers of my life...these moments are my inspiration.
Everything around us is living and respiring, and to think for a second that simply because the ground you are standing on is solid basically makes it dead, you my friend are totally wrong. It's all breathing. It's all living...and it all matters.
Each specific action has a result. Each specific action has a counter-reaction to it. These are the laws of life that we live by and these are giant forces at play. I think what we do not quite yet understand is how much our actions really do effect others, the people surrounding us, and the rest of the planet and beyond. We haven't seemed to quite see how different we make the world each day by encouraging a person or lending a bit of help to someone in need. We do not see the ripple consequences of our grin on someones life, attitude, and perception of the planet.
All of these actions, little actions that you take each day are part of karma.
So as time is moving along, I tap into my actions more and more and more and can feel the landscape changing as I consciously make my choices. This shift in my mindset, which came through my training and mentors stretching of my mind, has allowed me to let go of what injures me and to breath life and love into each single moment that I have.
Always come back to your breath. Come back. Come back. Come back. If your intelligence starts to wander, come back. If you become irritated, come back. Over the passage of time you certainly will get better and better at being in this moment instead of getting stuck in reliving old ones or trying to go to a place that you can't really exist in. Continue coming back. "Come back to me" sometimes you will hear your heart subtly whisper.
Our lives can be put on auto pilot or you can drive this guy manually, which is much more fun, and truly get an understanding of the outcome of the intricacies of each and every single action you take. There's beauty in that. Don't be threatened by the knowledge that everything you do matters. This may be something that frees you instead of locks you up.
Let that karma build. Keep adding those drops of water into the vessel and over a period of time you'll have filled it.
P.S. Don't be discouraged if you accidentally lit your haystack up in flames. Having the ability to rebuild your whole world just the way you need it to be is one of the coolest experiences you will ever get to have.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is the author of The Words Of Encouragement, a website dedicated to bringing the best quotes, motivational content on the web, and blogs all to one place. Need some more content to move towards building the best life you possibly can? Try these be happy quotes on for size
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