Episode 26: Overcoming Spiritual Passivity
“It’s not for us to say, Oh the universe is in charge, it’s going to take care of it. You are the universe too.”
-Isabel Keoseyan
Episode Summary
To be a spiritual person does not give us a free pass to remove ourselves from the need of the times. On the flip side of that, to be an activist does not mean you have to be angry.
In this episode, Isabel and Kristen explore how enjoy fulfillment where everything is experienced as One and knowing that all is happening for all reasons while also feeling motivated to act for progressive change. They also describe how meditation not only helps guide you to where you can have the most impact but how meditation itself is a form of activism.
If you’re interested in bringing peace to the world while also feeling peace inside, tune in to this conversation.
Highlights
1.00: Myth of being a spiritual pacifist
1:50: Activists don´t have to be angry
3:00: Opposing things being true at the same time
5:00 Anger as a trigger to make change but from fulfilment
5:53 Othering causes harm
6:30 Discipling with love, leading with love and not with anger
10:35 Creation, maintenance and destruction
11:00 Hearing the call to act. We are how the universe moves
12:20 Do my work on earth. The universe acts through the individual points of light.
13:25 we are all contributing in some way. Either do unity or diversity
15:16 Meditators don´t have to be passive
16:15 Krishna is the calling
16:30 Shuka Deva Fire story
17:40 Destruction can be to prove a point
19:00 The Mahabharata takes place in a battlefield. Krishna teacher Arjuna that he needs to teach.
20:26 “If we don´t do it, then who will?
20:40 As meditators we wake up to the need of the time
21:25 The Bhagavad Gita is a call to action from passivity and move for what’s right in order to reserve what is meant to be preserved.
21:33 An activist credo
22:00 Pulling back of the bow, retreat then act. Potential energy.
23:23 looking for fulfilment outside leads to consuming too much.
25:55 you can be in all layers at once. Being grounded supports the surface layer.
27:37 every emotion has a reason of why it is there. With regular meditation and we have an emotion its information of what our next action should be.
29:20 difference between experiencing (emotions) anger and being anger. We don´t want to be the anger.
30:24 YOGASTHA KURU KARMANI: first we establish yourself in being and then perform action
31:30 Difference in power between the ocean and the wave. The ocean is calling the shots anyway.
33:36 Big roles come in different ways. A big role can be being an incredible parent. So many ways to have an influential role. We won’t know what these are if we are just dealing with stress.
34:08 It’s a wonderful life movie. We don´t know the influence that we are having on people. You can make a change and you don’t know how much impact or influence you can have on someone or something. We all have a far-reaching influence, and we can choose if that is a positive influence.
37:08 Consciousness is the activism. When you interact with someone you uplift them automatically even if you have no idea of what you´ve done.
38:04 If we are in touch with our inner self, we are doing whatever is most relevant and that´s what’s important.
38:08 Its to live your life as a life of service to your higher self.
39:00 when you do acts of service, when you do random acts of kindness that is also playing a very important role. We want to leave the place better than we found it, this uplifts others and us as well.
41:15 to the degree we are awoken, is the degree to which we see what is going on.
42:48 The world right now is like a big pile of dirty laundry.
43:02 Karma Kanda problems are slow to shift, but consciousness can shift instantly. Since consciousness is the problem, wea re a lot closer to solving our problems than we think we are.
43:37 If we can shift the collective consciousness then also all these problems that seem completely insurmountable become conquerable.