Daily Word: Acting Without Expecting
Acting Without Expecting
Read or listen to this writing:
Tao Te Ching – Chapter 2
Therefore the Master acts without doing anything
and teaches without saying anything.
Things arise and she lets them come;
things disappear and she lets them go.
She has but doesn’t possess,
acts but doesn’t expect.
When her work is done, she forgets it.
That is why it lasts forever.
Today I want to talk about this beautiful chapter from the Tao Te Ching literature. He first starts out by talking about the Master, which is the Master within You, who ultimately becomes You, because You are One with the Master. Now this applies to the people that are TRULY seeking and following the Pure Path, and I am not referring to that person who is a religious fanatic that has a PHD in Theology or knows all the sutras, or knows the entire bible or has a title like “VENERABLE, I KNOW IT ALL” etc.. Don’t get me wrong, these things are good to know, but it goes beyond book smarts, it just goes beyond that.
Its about LIVING IT on a daily basis, being mindful every second of your life, practicing unconditional loving compassion with a sincere heart, one who has mastered his or her senses and mind, one who is stepping on the head of Maya like Shiva and said NO to the desires or passions of the illusory “I.”
The True Master is within everyone.
It is inside of us, but it needs to be awaken in order for it to become ONE with us. When we are ONE with it, then we realize our TRUE NATURE, which is pure and clean. When we are ONE with it, then we become the Master, without the illusion of ego to taint this experience, by thinking it is your own doing that you have achieved this, thinking it is “I” that is the Master. It is not the I, but the “I AM” that is the Master, (God within, Buddha Nature, Christ Nature, Likeness of God etc). The Master acts without moving a finger, it is motion in the resting. It is not by your human effort (ego) that performs these things, NO! But it is the True Nature that is within you, not the illusion of the “I.”
The things that the Master teaches come from the “Supreme Consciousness” that is within, not from book smarts and memorization, but by the True Nature that contains all Knowledge and all Wisdom, where all Life comes from, where Eternal Life proceeds from, the True Enlightened Big Mind. The True Master sees things come and go without any attachment, without any complaint of losing anything, because the True Master understands the Four Noble Truths, that all things are impermanent.
The True Master has things, but doesn’t have his or her heart attached to it, not relying on it.
And the main text I want to elaborate on is this one, “acts but doesn’t expect.” What a powerful statement! The True Master, the True Enlightened Person, The True Liberated Individual, The True Truth Seeker acts, offers, gives, hands out, anything WITHOUT EXPECTING SOMETHING IN RETURN.
In fact when the True Master has finished what he or she has done, he or she forgets about it, because what he or she has done, knows it is NOTHING SPECIAL. The people who has received from Master may think, “No, what I got is something special,” but the True Master will tell them, forget about me, and know the Master within yourself and then you will know that it was truly nothing special what I have done. I only point to the Truth and its up to you to do the rest.
Many people who supposedly found enlightenment, want to quickly set up a business to start selling what they have learned, this is not enlightenment, but a half filled cup that still contains the works of the ego. They have not yet understand the True Message that was sent by ALL THE HOLY TEACHERS from ALL RELIGIONS. The message is to abandon the attitude of “whats in it for me.” Many people want to sell enlightenment or to sell a technique for healing, but I am sorry to say, YOU CANNOT SELL THIS.
When the Buddha went around spinning the Wheel of the Dharma, he did not have His hand out asking for some money in return, He only ask for some food to nourish His body so He can continue to Spin the Wheel. His concern was to SAVE SENTIENT BEINGS, He didn’t care about how much he can earn for selling the Dharma. In fact He healed people and then He didn’t go around saying “I can teach you about healing for a fee,” this wasn’t important for Him. Human beings that has not cut the ties of the ego will want to profit from the scared teachings, but it will only back fire on them. When Jesus saw the people in the temple selling things, He went into the temple with a stick and started to break all the merchandise and said ” You have made my Fathers House into a den for thieves.”
Don’t get me wrong you can sell spiritual books, videos or audio from your beautiful experiences of enlightenment and liberation that leads to the path of peace, but when you are in the business to GAIN and that is your main goal, then you are in the wrong business. If your intention is to have a Mercedes Benz, and big house then you are in the wrong business. The True Enlightened Person, the True Master is in it with a Pure Heart, to help save the Sentient Beings, not to help get recruits for their Church, Meditation Center or retreats, NO! Not to become the next Oprah or Echart Tolle, NO! Not to become the next best seller, NO! But because when they watch the horrifying news of innocent lives dying and suffering in the world, they cannot help but to have their heart melt within themselves from DEEP COMPASSION to the point they will want to cry, and have a burning feeling in their hearts to spread help and make a change in this world WITHOUT EXPECTING ANYTHING. Some may say, that is too excessive. True deep compassion will move your heart in such a way, you will give up everything to help your brother and sister.
And the ending verses say, “that is why it lasts forever.” As you can see the teachings of Buddha, Jesus Christ, Krishna, Gandhi, , Mother Theresa, etc.. is lasting forever, it is because they did it without an inch of ego in their heart, they did it for the LOVE for the people, to help society, to save the people from their misery, to SPREAD HOPE. The Buddha left His kingdom of riches to learn what is Truth, and once He discovered it, he went to teach it for free. Jesus taught the Truth to the people and risk His life so much that they killed Him for it, He followed His calling from the Heart. All these Holy Teachers showed us how to do it, lets follow it.
Be careful with all the New Age spiritual so called Guru’s who are selling something that is completely free, be sly as a serpent and gentle as a dove.
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