Action: Necessary, Unnecessary & Evil

Monday, 01^st January 2018

Life is nothing but action. You are living because you are active. Life is expressed in the Nature through actions and movements.

Action refers to the movements with purpose and knowledge. A movement has always a direction. The direction of the movement of a lifeless object is set by external factors. The direction of the movement of a ball is according to the hit with the bat. But the direction of the movement of the bat is decided by the player himself. When the doer himself fixes the direction, it can be called Purpose. Apparently he fixes it on the basis of his knowledge. The Purpose and Knowledge are there in the movement of the bat; so it can be called an action. The ball Moves due to the Action of the player. Movement is motivated from external factors, where, as the Action is from the internal. The doer is there for an action.

All actions are not done consciously. If you observe yourself, a lot of actions are done by you unconsciously. They are either Learned or Natural. When you drive a car, if you are skilled, almost all actions of driving happen unconsciously. But they were not so when you started driving a car. But now the action of driving is Learned. This is an example of Learned Action. Actions like digestion and purification of blood are Natural Ones. These are not conscious actions.

Conscious Actions can be categorized into three: Necessary, Unnecessary and Evil.

The action which should be avoided in all circumstances is in the Evil category. Hurting others and oneself is an example of this type.

The actions which are very much needed in life are categorized as Necessary Actions. One’s own duties and cleaning are the examples of this category.

There are other category of actions in life, which are not either Necessary or doing them cannot be that harmful as well. Watching the entertainment programs in television cannot be considered harmful. Watching it for a long time is definitely bad. It is not Necessary as well. It is Unnecessary Action. It can be avoided or the duration of watching television can be checked. Then you may get more time to do your Necessary Activities. Remember, that you are the only one authority to decide whether watching TV is Necessary or Unnecessary. Do not allow anybody else to decide this for you. That power to choose your action is very important to develop your intelligence. Anyway, this is not a discussion on watching television. There are such activities which can be categorized as Unnecessary in day-to-day life.

The well-defined purpose of your action gives you the discrimination whether it is Necessary or Unnecessary. You can find out an activity necessary or unnecessary based on for what purpose you are doing it. So understanding and considering the purpose of each action is very important before you execute it.

Action = Movement + Purpose + Knowledge.

Necessary Action = Movement + Defined Purpose + Knowledge.

Unnecessary Action = Movement + Confused Purpose + Erroneous Knowledge.

Evil Action = Movement + Evil Purpose + Wrong/misleading Knowledge.

Observe and Manage. (OM)

This is the method.