Friday, January 4, 2008

We should use our intellect to plan out actions whose fruits would benefit someone else..

Using our intellect to plan out
an action whose fruits would benefit someone else,
as is the case in the action of an old man who
plants a tree whose fruits will be enjoyed by
the future generations, can be called communion through intellect.

At such, we enquire into the consequences of our actions,
and thereby base our actions on the reasoning power of our intellect.

Intellect goes far above the narrow selfish
considerations of the lower mind and senses.
But even here there is still a tinge of selfishness.

No ordinary person will be able to perform
actions completely without desire. We will
have to orient our actions and our desires
towards the purpose of seeking and experiencing God.
When that sacred orientation becomes the basis of
all our activities, then such karma belongs to the communion through intellect.

divinely sent