Musing on “Doing” and “Being.”
We believe that “we do things.” We make them happen.
I watched a gymnast performing her routine.
What are the odds that she will be able to perform “perfectly” on a competition?
She has done this routine many times, but to have it done without mistakes at the right time to obtain a medal is something out of the ordinary.
Why was she able to do it and not someone else?
The Murli says: “Is the soul the one who does everything. The body doesn’t do anything.. ” Going a bit on it, we can see that the soul does not do anything as well. There is a role playing which manifests through the body. The soul will feel duality (happiness/sorrow) as long as there is identification (ego, attachment) to the role and to the body.
The only “I” that exist is the “I exist.” That “I exist” paradoxically cannot manifest by itself. It is always in relationship with others or through related circumstances coming from another situation.
The “I do things” is just an illusion. Through that illusion ego grows, develops and takes over. If there is no “I,” there is no “mine.”
The “I of existence,” which only points out existence does not need anything to exist. It is attachment free.
We don’t do anything. Things happen through us. The only desire that is “sorrow-less” is when we desire for things to happen according to the Drama.
Flow with the current; let it take you to your destination, for whatever it is… it would be the best thing. That is faith in the Drama and thus, faith in the Supreme soul.
The “i desire” this or that is an illusion, a mirage something which does not exist except in our heads.. that is the illusion, Maya… the ‘devil.’ 🙂
The role of that gymnast (Nadia Comaneci) played at that time. It was “her time.” If you would have asked her to do that routine again, there is a high likelihood that it wouldn’t happen.
The time was perfect, the circumstances perfect. It was the right time. That is Drama.
Exploring the Depth of Living 
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Kathyayani:
Good realization! Here is another clue. Forgiving is forgetting. Naturally we forget. We do not forget a dream, if that dream has some impact in us: attraction or repulsion; even though it was just a dream. Once we wake up, we realize that remembering that dream was wasteful…. Drama! 🙂
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It is good to know that it is exactly not the deeds or misdeeds of others rather it just an event which was bound to happen.therefore it should make sense to pity and forgive a soul for its deeds. The question behind we forgiving is it also drama?
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You wrote “…..soul does not do anything as well. There is a role playing which manifests through the body.
Am I correct to say that the ‘role’ is recorded in the soul & when the soul takes a body the reel starts rolling – movie time. Souls come on stage on cue.
You wrote: Flow with the current; let it take you to your destination, for whatever it is… it would be the best thing. That is faith in the Drama and thus, faith in the Supreme soul.
The ‘it’ is our choice/effort. In the case of Nadia Comaneci she had to train that hard and ‘it ‘ to took her to the Olympics.
We can only go with the flow after we have tried & put in effort our best effor to reach our goal, destination/dream..
An example I use is if a soul needs a job…..he/she must do something towards getting one. Either go to a headhunter or look at Classifieds in the newspaper, network, etc. If the soul just sits at home without doing any of the above and does not get a job he/she cannot say that it is in Drama that I am supposed to be unemployed!
Is it in Drama that the soul will not make an effort to look for a job & hence be jobless? If the soul had made effort to look for a job he/she may have landed a job & so it is in Drama he/she will work.
I think after he/she has made effort to look for a job but could not land one than can say Drama.
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