Rightness / Wrongness and the Unknown Flashcards
The appearance of rightness and wrongness and the natural ability to operate from the heart, relaxing into not knowing and trusting the wisdom of our intuition. The Five Tibetan Precepts for cultivating altruistic behaviors.
What brings the appearance of rightness and wrongness?
When our reason establishes or predicts an outcome, in the first place, then we find right or wrong answers.
The projection of an expected outcome is what makes the appearance of rightness and wrongness.
Only a random world or a reality without purpose could provide the conditions to perceive any outcome as indifferent or as right and wrong at the same time.
Could something be wrong?
The truth is that nothing is really wrong and nothing can ever be wrong. Wrong is simply not possible.
Wrongness is in the eye of the beholder and nowhere else.
Why are we attached to perceive wrongness?
Life is unfolding without reason, without goal, without direction. But the mind is frightened of this realization. The perception of wrongness is absolutely critical to the perpetuation of “human drama”, as well as the illusion of separateness.
Drama requires conflict. No conflict, no drama. If something isn’t wrong, then nothing needs to be made right, which ultimately means nothing needs to be done. So we create the artificial wrongness to make life more interesting and add the dramatic element, the drama of conflict.
Beyond our ideas of right-doing and wrong-doing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.
Rumi
Naturally operating from the heart.
When there is no self, selflessness happens. When selfless happens, it overflows with goodness and love without doing any harm. There is no need to discriminate between right and wrong. You are operating by the flow of the Tao, which is a higher order of intelligence.
- Adyashanti -
Flowing from the heart Vs. Morality.
Morality is the set of rules and regulations that you use to navigate through life when you’re still trying to “steer your ship” rather than let it follow the flow.
When you flow from the heart, morality is no longer necessary -it’s instantly obsolete and discarded.
The consequences of acting from belief.
When we proceed based on a system of beliefs we close ourselves to the huge amount of different possibilities and creative solutions, we close ourselves to others opinions, our intuition and the magical synchronicity that would emerge in the openness of the particular moment.
Relaxing into not knowing and waiting for unfolding.
Instead of reflecting a system of belief, we learn to relax the first impulse to react. We relax and listen to our intuition with a quite mind. We wait for unfolding and we feel the answer within the peace of our breath.
We can take action as a pure response to each moment, free from indecision, beliefs or agenda, acting in inspired certainty. We intuitively know what to do. Intuition is completely reliable, but only when it comes from a quite mind.
Trusting the wisdom of not knowing.
Thought and understanding come after the event, not as the cause. You become able to live with uncertainty, even enjoy it.
When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up on your life. It means fear is no longer a dominant factor in what you do and no longer prevents you from taking action to initiate change. Trust fuels even deeper surrender in the next situation that arises, and surrender increases trust in the wisdom of not knowing.
Creativity and not knowing.
Creativity only appears when we are not following any preconceived point of view or action. If you learn to trust and relax into not knowing, you will feel a sensation of increased aliveness and creativity.
“Remain in a state of not knowing,
work without effort, give to
others and be in abundance.”
- Sri Shibendu Lahiri -
First Tibetan Buddhism Precept:
Abstain from doing harm to any sensitive beings.
The determination to respect the life of all beings, not only human beings but also all animals and plants, regardless of their size; and an increasing awareness of the sanctity of life.
It means a commitment to neither harm nor offend anyone under any circumstances and to promote peace and peace education.
Second Tibetan Buddhism Precept:
Abstaining from taking what has not been given to me.
The respect for other beings’ property. It not only implies not to steal, but encourages us to cultivate the attitude of not to demand or claim what we wish, but cultivate generosity, sharing our time, energy and resources with those in need, and to patiently wait to receive the results of our good actions.
Third Tibetan Buddhism Precept:
Abstaining from harmful speech.
- Speak truthfully and constructively, using only words that inspire hope and confidence.
- Not to utter words that might cause division between two or more people by talking negatively of some of them, spread rumors, or sowing doubts. We have to be careful not to increase discord between people but to make all efforts to reconcile and resolve all conflicts, however small.
- I will not spread news that I do not know to be certain nor criticize or condemn things of which I am not sure.
Try making your words wiser
than the silence that has been broken.
Our speech must embody mindfulness and we must be completely aware and responsible while pronouncing words.
