Grounded, intigrated spirituality

i work with sustainability projects as my life´s work.
i consider practivism- what is the best way, using my skills abilities and resources, that I can influence the planetary sphere... in my case, i like science, music, and phsyics and engineering so i use those things to build techonlogies and transmit vibraitions that i beleive will help improve the situation and consciousness here on the earth..

and i strive for that, in my every living breath

also if i can i ground the positive energy i attract from meditation into my daily realm of people faces and actions.

its a never ending journey

After several years of living life on the edge of my seat, fingers tapping on the keyboard. It would appear that someone locally has taken notice and invited me into her life to use my knowledge to help her transform her property into a home of abundance. I've already had an inspection of the premises and must say it's potential is vast. I don't want to say too much other than I get the sense that next couple months should be quite exciting.

"Seek not abroad, turn back into thyself, for in the inner man dwells the truth..."

Feet on the Ground ... Head in the Clouds.

Without "trans-dimensional spirit" consciousness would never experience "revelation" ... forever locked within inertial relativity.

Awareness is of Spirit ... As there is not a one that know'eth not.

All paths are on it ... all descriptions include it ... though measurements but fragments of it.

Time and space Manifestation it's momentary expression.

Spirit has no practice outside of universal purpose

All of life's so-called problems ... outside of the humanistic mind ... are organically limited to a little food, clothing shelter.

There is virtually no where on Earth, where humans have been that they don't "solve" these basic necessities ... and there for perfect being grounded.

It is only when the infamous mind can no longer integrate the "cosmic spirit" into such "organic groundedness" ... that we begin to invent a problematic existence .. forever speculating upon desires above and beyond necessity.

Matter "is" manifest spirit .. spirit is the very transcendental nature of stuff itself ... and not it's polarized fictional "other" ...

That there is Spirit in the densest realms of materiality ... and true substantially {groundedness} in the most subtle and loftiest ethereal realms ... well it is only the mind itself that creates such lack / hence duality ... when the same truth is literally everywhere ... in all forms, styles and mediums.

I have always seen such extreme behavior as there to karmically balance out complacency.

Accentuate life and there is murder .. accentuate beauty and there is rape ... accentuate materials goods and there is theft ...

The amount of extreme types of sociological behavior ... all across the board ... has greatly increased in my 52 years.

Being of light and lofty nature ... well I have very little stomach for any such hard core activity .. yet philosophically I remain aloof from the ongoing "maya" of problem-making solutions ... seeing very well a self'- accentuating social body .. out of control from every angle ... literally causing it's own craziness.

No more shameless than shameful. One can often expect the worst case scenarios .. and even beyond ... as in that cannibalistic story.

Dark souls are here for reasons to ... the ones with truly "no remorse" are simply those "purer in their existential evil"

Will Charles Manson ever receive parole. Jeffery Dahmer didn't make it too long. I guess occasionally one slips through the cracks, although more likely the corrupt and fallen nature of the privatized prison system run by the morally corrupt elite probably actually enjoy the occasional releasing of such dangerous allies if only to keep the rest of us on edge ... while harboring those of minor drug offenses as if endlessly.

More philosophical than apathetic. Sorry you interpreted it that way. No need to "feel" anything beyond correct philosophical insight.

Such horrors are karmically shared and one's feelings alone will never solve the problem at the cause.

Until any of us / all of us get past the "good and evil" interpretations of life we just become part of the original polarization. You plainly stated that this child eater already had "no remorse"

So what you expect me to feel bad for him. My only real point was that evil never comes from nowhere .. nor does good.

There is so much "real evil" out there these days one only has their philosophical view points to keep them sane.

Feelings either evolve into philosophy or they deter from such. In these hard core times .. well for me the solid philosophies of ancient sages {Karma & Dharma} still hold true.

I see no modernistic / humanistic solutions actually solving the madness of today ... most of it just feeds the fire more.

So let us post a general scenario out there ... if this cannibalistic fellow actually thought to himself one day ... gosh that wasn't so good what I did ... and heard that Ayuasca helped to purge and/or rectify unwanted behavior.

He partakes ... for the first time he "sees" very intensely that all kinds of hellish subterranean suffering is awaiting him ... lest he rectify.

He subsequently surrenders his evil nature into a truly alchemical transformation of heart and soul ... becomes raw food vegan ... his son forgives him in a vision ... "Daddy, I know it was the very craziness of this present world state that drove you bonkers" ...

Moral / chemical / genetic ... whatever .. that such is all karmic ... no such thing as a rotten soul at core .. anywhere ... anytime ...

So after this genuine transformation would one let this man now play with your kids .. knowing his past.

Be careful how you answer .. as your own medicine is on the line .. lest the other side of apathy come into play.

Yes .. life is forever cyclic ... talking in circles .. just like the seasons .. gradually leads one to wisdom.

Where as good and evil linear interpretations forever keep one locked up in judgment .... enjoy eating off the tree of such knowledge ... for me the serpent of such judgment tempt 'eth not.

One can hide in sentiment as easily as in lofty idealism ...

Please slow down your semi-intellectual knee-jerk responses ... pausing for the {philosophical cause ... even if only for moment .. tender such passionate compassion with a little "dispassion" and may, just may gain even a sense of the philosophical context of what I am saying.

One cannot confront a philosophical dilemma with mere sociological concerns, as heartfelt as they are ... in Taoism it is said ... "a wise man does nothing and leaves nothing undone"

In the "Bhagavad Gita" ... Vedic Scripture .. there is a whole Chapter on Inaction within Action ... and Action within inaction ... but "does" take philosophical insight to gain the appropriate context .. possibly leading to wisdom.

There is no evil that has ever arisen outside of karmically {polarization} being in relation to excessive good. There is no one who strives for good works without trying to rectify bad, or evil.

In Biblical Mysticism this is refereed to as the "Tree of Knowledge" .. the goodie goodie's verses the badie badies. It will forever be an endless non-satisfying meal for all who partake of such fruit .. merely judging each other for all eternity.

For every murder there is life lived in excess somewhere .. no one gets bad for no reason.

For every pious charity there is fear of bad that acts as a so-called inspiration ... endless cycle until the original cause is confronted.

Both sides can stop at any time and pause for the philosophical cause .. but such is extraordinarily rare .. from either side.

If one studies human History it is all too painstakingly evident that the fruits of this mythical tree are taken again and again .. and no society is ever free from such duality.

This is called ... {in philosophical circles} .. "chewing the chewed" ... one individual, group, or society picks up where the other left off and continues to chew what has already been chewed ... none the wiser.

Yet in every social tradition it is those who step back and reflect on this overall dilemma that leave behind the timeless, non-dual Transcendental teachings ...

Both Jesus and Buddha not only refuted evil {Satan/Mara} in their final fasts and meditations .. but also Celestial temptations .. the so-called good fruits ..

I apologize if this is unfathomable for you .. or that you think I am all lip service to a nonsensical premise ... but myself, being a mystic true to core, in my own right ... for better or for worse .. {the mystic the baker, the candlestick maker} ... I can only offer the appropriate insight for those that are on similar path.

If, as a society we want to stop theft .. stop aggrandizing material things ... if you want to stop rape ... stop glorifying sex ... if you want to stop murder .. stop accentuating the value of a mere temporary and transitory life .. so say'eth the Sages all throughout time.

For many of us it will take going through this cycle/these cycles many a time {s}.. possibly even lifetimes {Samara-Sanskrit} before one gains the insight to actually transcend relativity via revelation.

My stage of Mysticism remains at the "Muni" stage .. {Pippalayana Muni} which is below the Guru, Sage, Saint,and Prophet stage so I am certainly not in a position to tell any one exactly where they are at in all this.

But being of such attainment {Muni} I can certainly, and consistently verify just where the philosophical path has been left behind for psycho-sociological one.

Not to judge .. but to offer awareness of the distinction. I in no way ever decry any type of pious help to those in distress. There is no need. Balance will always come about only with such endeavors .. but such endeavors will never be goals in themselves ... just like evil has no existential purpose outside of tempering complacent sloth with it's piecing edge ...

In both cases balance is all that is left.

They crucified Jeshua, they gave Socrates Hemlock .. it is never quite popular to stop eating off such tree .. however small or large the sagacious restraint .. polarity is the name of the game that feeds the endless fire .. having swallowed such fruit.

My ass cannot be budged .. like the stubbornest burrow/donkey/or mule ... by such fruit .. yet with even the slightest scent of the "Tree of Life" fruit .. I am so far down the ass-moving path ... well talking your walk .. and walking your talk 'tis but a breeze

Hello! I was loking to "karma yoga" at evolver and I found your post. I love it. I am part of the World Shamanic Yoga Institute staff and we are making ourselves that question all the time. In the past, for a while I disconnected my "spiritual" practice from the surrounding world, from daily reality in the sense I didn't want to know anything about politics or social issues for instance. I wanted to be "unattached". After a while I realized there was something getting really imbalanced inside me. I can't continue growing and making the world around me grow if I want not to feel about it.
Now, my shamanic and yoga practice are focused in karma yoga. Actually, I am also part of the organization for International Karma Yoga Day. I am not saying that now I am into a party and doing politics in that sense but I strongly feel the importance of connecting with the communities I am part of. "Spirituality" can sometimes be just experienced as a chilling out practice. I have nothing against that but, for instance, when we get to contact with deep relaxation of the self and we experience the benefits of that release, we want to share, we want to help people around to be less stress but not in the way of escapism but in the way of self responsibility and growing out from fear, external pressure and unquestioned patterns.
There's something I could say about my idea of spirituality and its connection with daily life.
I invite you to take a look on www.international-karma-yoga-day.org we started this year having lots of cities involved considering we only had a couple months for spreading the word and the small -almost nothing- budget we had.
Namaste :-)