Monday,
01st 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.