Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is simply passing the time. Action with Vision is making a positive difference.
– Joel Barker
Kabir – The couplet
कबीर माला काठ की, कही समझावे तोहि ।
मन न फिरावे आपना, काहे फिरावे मोहि ।।
transliterated:
Kabir maala kaath ki, kahi samjhaave tohi |
Man na firave aapna, kaahe firave mohi ||
Translation:
Says Kabir, thus spoke the rosary of wooden beads |
Your mind does not want to move, why move me through your fingers?
My thoughts:
We hear this thought often – practice what you preach, do unto others what you would have them do to you, be like the blade of grass in the wind (supple, and yet and anchored), say not what you do not think right, and so on.
We often pick up work based on our perception of the end result, without taking into consideration the effort that is required.
Or we act without really putting in the effort to think through the purpose driving the act.
If we want to meditate, we need to have the proper end goal. If we cannot take on the life of the monk, then we should stay away from attempts to practice their rigors. And if we want to practice their rigors, we have to agree to the accompanying change of lifestyle and taking on the world as our family J
Nothing is wrong – unless the driving thought behind it is the wrong one!