The point is I think is the realization that we have control over the action only, not over the fruit. Whether we get the fruit or not is up to any number of things. I know entrepreneurs and those in service fields like real estate, who never focus on the end result -- other than setting it in their sights initially. Its sort of "don't count your chickens before they are hatched." And that the real thing is the journey, not the destination.
The mountain lions nature is to run and hunt. He excels at that. He focuses on that. At the end of day, he may starve or feast. Thats not up to him. In living for just the fruit, one misses the beauty of the journey. And they are not satisfied in the moment. Their satisfaction is always "out there". Others are totally in the NOW, satisfied in the NOW, enjoying the journey as it passes. If they feast at the end of the day, thats great to. Its sort of parallel the motivations of posters. One poster threaten not to read my post if I did not change some style element. (Are there any other benefits?). I tried to explain, that I had little interest in who or how many read my posts. That is not the fruit of writing them. The fruit is in .figuring out some idea. To let a flash, a sankalpa, a seed idea, develop. Thats it. If someone then also reads the post, and we engage in a nice conversation, thats a good thing too. An added benefit. But not the goal. I am happy with my process of posting as a way to work out ideas. If no one reads it, I am still fulfilled. Its like a skier. The goal is not to get to the bottom of the mountain. In fact thats an anti-climax. The goal, the fruit, is to make your feet, heart, mind, whole body and soul feel real good, by manipulating gravity a bit, in gorgeous and sometimes awesomely extreme terrain. Its all about the process, the journey. Not the anti-climax. Anti-climax. You can see where I could go with that. The joy making love is in the doing. Not the aftermath. --- In [email protected], "tertonzeno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ---The traditional "expectation" angle doesn't make much sense in > terms of the obvious economic laws. The bottom line: get results othr > you're outta here. Expectation is an ingrained behavior prevalent in > all evolutionary pathways of sufficiently advanced organisms. > Can you feature a mountain lion chasing a coyote without expectation > of results? > > In [email protected], new.morning <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > WHY I don't agree is because of the real nature > > > of selfless service. It FREES you from having too > > > much attachment to any *expectations* regarding > > > the service performed. You do something nice for > > > someone, or for some charity or group you care > > > about, and you do it because it feels good JUST > > > to do it. You don't need to believe that doing > > > this good work is going to change the world; > > > you just do the work. > > > > > > And the cool part of all this is that if the > > > good work DOESN'T change the world, you don't > > > feel that you have to bitch and moan and claim > > > that your time was "wasted" > > > > An excellent point. > > > > It sparks in my mind part of the explanation for MMY's crazy project > > binges. They are not so crazy if MMY was doing, among other things, > > the following three things -- which I am certain he was. He even > said > > "Hey! This is what I am doing..." > > > > 1) breaking the link between fruit and action. Getting rid of the > > expectation. "Pititful is the man who lives for the fruit of > action..." > > > > A Purusha, on a nice long beach walk told me of some the projects M > > had him and peers doing -- the buying huge old crumbling hotels, > > Blackstone, etc. He said doing such really breaks the above link. > > > > And an added part is that the project is begun with great haste, and > > urgency -- almost emergency -- its cast as the most important > project > > in the world, and then after it got rolling and people got into it, > M. > > would yank the rug out from under them, rip apart the act fruit > link, > > by starting a new urgent project. > > > > > > 2) demonstrating the power of sankalpa -- what he explained in one > of > > his last lectures (on MOU) that for a project, any big task, we can > > see the whole thing, like a flash IMO, at the beginning of the > > project. That lively glowing seed impulse. > > > > We don't see all of the small details because they are wrapped up in > > the seed. But we can feel the whole thing, see it in our minds eye, > we > > "get it". This sankalpa, this seed, is precious and nurturing it > > brings the whole thing to fruition easily. (not that we are living > for > > that fruit.) This is what he taught the rajas to do, he said. This > is > > the administering in silence. > > > > And M was a machine gun firing a massive barrage of sankalpa golden > > bullets -- every hour of everyday. Well begun is half done. Just > > acknowledging and seeing the sankalpa as it arises is the "begun" > part. > > > > Well begun. He planted all of these seeds. The next 3-4 generations > of > > rajas have the opportunity to nurture each of those "old crazy > > projects". If done, it would be amazing if all of those seeds > sprouted > > and matured into huge trees. M was the Johnny Appleseed of spiritual > > transformation. > > > > > > 3) expansive thinking. Related to 2) above, but goes to the style of > > thinking. Letting your mind and imagine soar with no limits. Like a > > child is apt to do, but doing this in an adult mind. He would say > to a > > small group, "just keep your mind going with mine". Go with his > flow > > as his imagination and mind soar to vast heights and depths. an > > Anything is possibly spirit. Doing such breaks the boundaries of > the mind. > > > > Take these three things together (and perhaps a few others) and M's > > constant crazy project binges make sense, IMO, and puts it all in > > context. Seen in this light, his binges were a most wonderful and > > creative dance over 40 years. And a wonderful path for some who > could > > keep up and withstand the craziness -- and enjoy inner fruit of the > > whole crazy exercise. > > >
