When you understand that thought is the thought of the thoughtless than your singing and dancing is no more than the voice of the dharma, everyday law.
Ram Dass
In the below podcast recorded sometime during the 70's , Ram Dass tells us it is all a big beautiful dance and that all we can really do for others, while we dance, is to be who we are at the deepest level. Our sadhana, our practice of getting there, to the beingness that cannot be anywhere but here or now is all that is important in regards to what we do...the rest is just stuff. We are here to serve...yes. How do we serve people in their never ending dramas often expressed in "self-pity"? By just being...staying focused on the sun beyond the drama in ourselves and in the other. We recognize the self pity in self or in the other, observe it, examine it and then maybe even be in awe of it as just another part of that "stuff" that makes up the dance of Life. We need to work on ourselves and that is the greatest gift we can give another. Even a mother...must prioritize working on herself. She can do nothing of significance for her children until she is free of ego and approaching them as "being". (That is quite an impactful thing for me to hear right now).
He offers a Sanskrit mantra that is said to be helpful in keeping us centered as we dance.
aditiya hridyam punyam sarv shatrus bena shenaam
This translates to: all evil ( that which blocks us from shakti/awakening) vanishes from life for he who keeps the sun in his heart.
That is pretty cool. I want to keep the sun in my heart and my heart on the "beingness" of who I and others are.
All is well.
Ram Dass/ Be Here Now Network (Sept, 2016) Episode 23- Shiva's Dance of Life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr3zjLhSvT8&t=2636s
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