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Yoga Is Skill In Action

Master life’s most important lesson — right action

This is the first of a five-part Work Series. We are born to do and act. Yoga shows us how to act in such a way that we grow spiritually. The Bhagavad Gita directs us to work with the motive of performing right action rather than seeking rewards. Rewards will come but right action is the key. This is one of life’s most important lessons.

Yoga in Daily Life, Dharma

An Instrument

So, I leave you with this primary thought — what is your motive when you work? Let it be attuned action. For example, when yogis leave this planet they want to feel, “I was an instrument through whom Spirit moved, uplifted humanity, and helped world ecological problems, etc.” We want to be able to know, “Yes, I had the experience of Spirit and consciousness flowing through me performing these actions.”

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  • One of the definitions of yoga is skill in action
  • Skill in actions leads to an awareness of the soul and divine memory
  • Yogis want to know and do their dharma, to express from their souls
  • One sign of progress in yoga is greater and greater skill in doing the things you do
  • The Bhagavad Gita says that motive is the important thing. Yogis want their motive to be right action rather than reward
  • We are called to be instruments of Spirit
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