The Nature of Karma Yoga

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It is a common conception and
attempting one to expect that by

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taking up a certain type of
charitable work or even service

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to support, a particular
religion or spiritual path.

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One is practicing a form of
Karma Yoga.

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All of these things may have
enormous benefit in the outer

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world and may certainly be
encouraged.

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Generally, as a stage away from
purely self-aggrandizing action,

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that has no real benefits to
others.

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It may also find a place in the
maturing of the individual

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Consciousness as long as these
things are conducted as an

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external activity and
particularly as they contain the

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seeds of ego desires.
Fire and subtle pressures for

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self-satisfaction approval of
others or some secondary

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motives.
They do not automatically become

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vehicles for the yoga of works.
It is not the outer form of

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work, that determines the yogic
value.

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But the inner motivation, the
dedication, the ego less state

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of the inner being in the
action.

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When's that interstate is set
the form of the outer work.

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Does not really matter.
Simple acts, Small, Deeds can be

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a complete expression of the
yogic data T dedication,

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undertaking.
Those actions that are directed

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by the Divine through a state of
Oneness.

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The Seeker finds Liberation from
the bondage of works and acts in

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a free selfless and devoted
manner.

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To carry out the work to be
done.

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The bhagwad Gita expounds in
detail on the path of Karma

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Yoga.
And the need for inner

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dedication, rather than some
outer standard of action by

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which to measure the yogic
method.

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SRI aurobindo notes quote.
I do not mean by work action,

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done in the ego and the
ignorance for the satisfaction

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of the ego and in the drive of
rajasic Desire.

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There can be no Karma Yoga
without the will to get rid of

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ego Rogers and desire, which are
the Seals of ignorance.

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I do not mean philanthropy or
the service of humanity or all

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the rest of the things moral or
idealistic, which the mind of

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man substitutes for the deeper
truth of works.

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I mean, by work action done for
the Divine and more and more in

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Union with the Divine for the
Divine alone and nothing else

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naturally, that is not easy at
the beginning.

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Any more than deep meditation
and luminous knowledge or easy

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or even true love and bucked ER
easy.

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But like the others it has to be
begun in the right spirit and

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attitude with the right Willa In
you then all the rest will come

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and quote reference SRI
aurobindo and the mother growing

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within the psychology of inner
development.

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Chapter 5 growth of
Consciousness means and methods

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Pages 94 to 95,