The Living Moment of Karma Yoga
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Michele Nappi

Karma is action. What ever you do is karma. Every action causes a reaction. This is also Karma. Does what you do, create the illusion of separation? Who are you being, while you are the doer? The more conscious a being is in any doing, the more the being is of divinity. Offer what you do, as this. In this frequency, and way of being, every action becomes a way of awakening into highest consciousness. In this way the daily life that may seem entirely boring to some, becomes a model in union with the heart and soul, affecting all.

How is this in reference to the now, living moment? We create our own karma by living outside the now moment. Just like we create the veil we have often heard of. We put up the blockage, the veil. We are most alive and at peace, in the living moment of now. When we bring the past and future into the now moment, we bring dead energy from the past, and what is yet uncreated into the now moment to try to control life itself. We keep creating this to see that it cannot be done. Illusionary perception. This causes dis-ease.
You don’t need to spend time ‘now’ worrying about ‘then.’

We are not at peace within this action through our choice of thoughts. Action creates karmic response. When one feels a low, punishing energy we recreate that energy. It is cyclical.  This energy is created by our thoughts that we choose to think. Thought is action in that thoughts are things with a frequency. As we choose our thoughts, we can become aware of this thought. We can witness this thought, the energy created and think differently. We can self-remember. Witnessing is non-judgmental compassion of action taken. All comes and goes. Remove illusion of reality through perception. The ‘I’ is no where. We are all flowing as one current.


“If you observe well, your own heart will answer.” ~ de Lubicz

Our egoic self wants control. We want to believe, for our safety that we have it all together. We do not. We know this, as well. Think of the courage and strength it takes to realize this. To become a realized being. Karma Yoga is available for all. Not only the human form, but all of form can and does practice Karma Yoga. Think outside the box that you have created to see yourself and all else in. Have you ever seen an animal give selflessly? Does the flower hold back it’s delicious aroma from you or it’s beauty?

It is right there for you to witness. Release the hold on the control mechanism you believe you have. The action you perform, for an end in maintaining ego. Act differently, create differently. Convert what motivates you into one of selfless service to the higher self, which transcends ego. It does
not need to hurt. It can be as simple as giving a penny, in a penny jar when no one is looking. It can be releasing a thought that you have experienced that has caused harm in one way or another. This is loving service to yourself and all, as you are the One energy.

The reality of the cosmic dance is one of taking a step forward, and two steps back into energy we feel safe within, even if it is unhealthy. That is common and felt all over the world. There is a time when we feel euphoric about self-realization and then the times when we do not. We all experience these highs and lows. It is the energy of bringing clarity that may seem overwhelming at times. This is when nonjudgmental compassion is most welcome, is it not?

Yoga means union. Connection to all. Karma Yoga then, is about balancing action and reaction. We all make mistakes. We can choose differently and create differently. Karma is created by each person. We may believe that guilt brings punishment - vibration of guilt created brings certain frequency. This is duality. This is us choosing this. Karma yoga is selfless service. Through selfless service, we live within this energy. We create this energy and live within it’s energy.

We have the ability to flow with the cosmic current, instead of swimming up stream, so to speak. We can live the majority of our lives in ego. About ourselves and our wants and desires. The ego is perception. Thoughts and feelings. Ideas. Because we are living in the ego, we have great pride about suffering and want to share this with all. This is a mirror. Life can be about great suffering and the need to tell about it. We cannot see while doing this, that we create what we say we do not want in our lives. This created source of vibration affects all. We keep it moving along by the focus on it. Complaints create more of the same. Make it stronger, more prevalent.

“People get into a heavy-duty sin and guilt trip, feeling that if things are going wrong, that means that they did something bad and they are being punished. That's not the idea at all. The idea of karma is that you continually get the teachings that you need to open your heart. To the degree that you didn't understand in the past how to stop protecting your soft spot, how to stop armoring your heart, you're given this gift of teachings in the form of your life, to give you everything you need to open further.” 
― Pema Chödrön

For an example, Mother Teresa. With her actions she knew she would not erase hunger from the world. That is not why she did what she did. She was practicing Karma Yoga. It is not about fixing a person as an individual, or a society as a group. No one is broken. It is about living the now moment, as the living moment. The moment that is alive with all possibilities. It is all the Divine Mother.

Karma Yoga, is giving without expectation. Karma Yoga is liberating. Be within the living moment of now with no personal agenda. While you are in the living moment, as you give you are this energy with full intent. In service to the living moment. The world does not need saving. It does not need fixing. It is not broken. It is within each of us to come to an understanding about this. Within each is a chosen perception. Releasing perception is giving. Releasing past/future is giving self the divine opportunity to be alive. Being at peace, in stillness, in renunciation. Being of joy. Release the thinking mind and go into the heart of divinity. Be the smile. Live it.

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