Action and Consequence

     The last post I wrote, dealt with my opinion of the individuals actions based on will, whether it be their own true will or the unfortunate circumstance one may find themselves in if they were blindly/unknowingly acting on and participating via another's idea of proper morality.  There is of course a consequence for every action you make. Consequence can be a great thing! or a very bad thing, and much of the time it could seem insignificant completely. Have you ever found yourself dreading a possible consequence? Something that may or may not  happen as a result of an decision you made? Consequence can be a great learning instrument, both when an undesirable consequence is experienced and also when a great one is witnessed.
     You take a step, and you fall. I'm almost certain this has happened to everyone. I'm not speaking literally, although I won't deny that this actually has happened to most people, I'm referring to a decision that produced an  undesirable result.  Not everything always "works out" the way one had envisioned, but that's okay, take what you can from a fall. Get up, take a step back, observe what happened and why you fell. If you realize where you took a faulty step, the fall was worth every ounce of pain.
     What I find even more inspiring is taking a look back and being able to connect the dots so-to-say. For example, someone decides to stay out a little late, knowing they've got a busy day hours away. Poor decision right? I think we can agree on that, but here comes the consequence. They oversleep, now they're running late for work, and they've got a meeting that is of crucial importance. Unfortunately, they didn't make it work on time and even worse they missed the meeting, and as a result they may be looking for another employer. Pretty bad huh? What this individual hasn't realized is that because of their tardiness, they were forced to take a different bus, with a different crowd of passengers, and they met what will be they're future companion. This person was staying out with the intention of finding that someone, and now it may have cost them their job. BUT, had they not been running late, odds are they would not have met the companion on the bus.
     Everything happens for a reason. I know it's a very easy thing to say. Of course it does looking in hind-sight that argument is completely unarguable. Try and imagine what the situation of an action that goes completely bad, and the consequence is everything is over, done, your ended. Well, I can say that this has never happened to me or you, because I'm sitting here writing this and your reading it. What's the worst thing that can happen? Well, I'll be the first to say there are worst things in life than death, but even then those consequences end eventually. So, with that said, and hopefully realized by you the reader, you can now lose your fear. If you've read earlier posts, you know that I believe fearlessness to be the key to true freedom. And now that you are hopefully fearless, you can now act on your true will, do as you please and learn from any fall, but don't let it lead to another fall, or do should you? Hmmmm, can we fall and not realize it? Perhaps it we shouldn't be trying to acknowledging the fall, as much as realize the NOW, and what is produced by the moment!
     I'm jumping all over the place, please accept my apology if this post is difficult to follow, I sometimes have a difficult time articulating my thoughts, and this is a prime example.
     One of the greatest lessons I learned, and honestly it took me a very long time to learn from much contemplation. One of the few times of my reading of the Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 4 verse 18




     I found this difficult to understand, so I moved on and continued reading and studying the book. Honestly it was a couple of years later, when I had an epiphany. Sometimes the greatest action one can take is no action! Just let this experience be, you don't always have to take action, and there will still definitely be a result, a consequence.  Was it your will to be born? and further more, to be born in this human body? "dealing" with this human experience? There was no action based from your consciousness to be born. You took no action, yet there is consequence! Honestly, I just realized this idea of inaction and birth, and are extremely satisfied, as I now feel I have an even greater understanding of the significance of inaction and it producing a consequence ..........I'll say this once more, sometimes the greatest action is inaction.