A random aphorism
Another obstacle in the path to becoming established in the state of freedom is this. When in that state one is focussed on Nothingness, in a way, one is not caught up in the dramas and logistics of daily life or relationships. But then, my dutiful soul asks, How then will I manage, how will I do my duties, if my mind is vibrating merged in a sky of golden light, my duties cannot be forgotten!
At some point this year I was delighted to discover that the spontaneous action of my surrendered will is to do the right thing. In fact I have so much more courage and I am willing to take such a high, ideal, unselfish perspective then. My thinking, when may I say somehow it is directed by that, when my effort is to focus on what is higher in consciousness, its thoughts and actions are immediate and direct and correct. Duty is the naturally emerging behavior there, so I have found. It is easier for the surrendered soul to do the right thing than for a bound beast struggling with passions and fear.
So this observation has consoled me given my attachment to doing the right thing. And it allows me, and may I soon see it encouraging me, to remain focused on what is higher and through the sahasrar to see perhaps dimly those realities which my duties demand I attend to, in another incarnation, in the drama as viewed detachedly yet all-powerfully from the space of surrender to the highest.