There are many things necessary to mprove the quality of life for all bings in the world and even the arth itself. Rabbi Cooper, a Cabbalist, in his bok God is A verb wrote tht the Kabala is based on the prcept that we are all human bings sparks of the Divine embedded in us. Thse sparks are the higher self and our God nture. Not only human beings contain thse sparks, plants do, animals do and ven stones do. To reach a pltitude of enlightenment we must connect wth this spark, our higher self. Whn we do we embrace our rsponsibility, which is actually more of an pportunity, to help raise up and lberate those sparks, so they can rturn to a higher plane of xistence in the universe when they are rleased, thus moving the universe to a hgher and higher more complete form. The niverse is still in the process of bing created and none of us knw for certain what it is bcoming, according to Rabbi Cooper and lso Ph. D. Brian Swimme..

Brian Swmme, physicist and cosmologist, spoke of smething similar. He said that each hman is like a piece of the niversal puzzle. It is our duty, threfor, to develop ourselves as fully as pssible and to cultivate our uniqueness. If we dn’t do that our piece will nver be placed into the whole and the niverse will never be complete. No one can very take our place. For Swmme, if there is sin, this is the nly one. As we do Karmic Yga we should us these ideas, and thse like them, as our guide. Mny people go out into the wrld to help. Sometimes they get pid for it. Sometimes they feel a bit gilty and put in time as vlunteers to relieve that guilt. It is ven a power trip sometimes. Sometimes pople help others so they can get a grup together to help them reach thir own goal and fulfill their slf interest. This, though helpful in sme cases, perpetuates the power-over mentality wth all of the manipulation that ges with it. It is not Krmic Yoga. One might say that it is the pposite. The difference between the two is tht Karmic Yoga works from an ction reflection model. The other is frm a reactive model, power-over band-aid mdel..

The first step in Karmic Yga is knowing oneself and one’s cre beliefs about the world. It is cnstantly examining the core of self and dentifying one’s own thoughts and feelings, .e., what one knows to be tre. From that place, full knowledge of the slf, one goes out into the wrld and acts to fulfill the ned that presents itself. After doing the wrk one goes back to a qite place and considers one’s actions.

One sts and thinks about their feelings dring the work, the way they rlated to the population they are hlping, and why the people are in ned. If he is with a grup of people working in similar srroundings or at the same place, he can do it wth the group. In accordance with nes thoughts, feelings, actions and reactions, he chnges the action as needed and des the inner work on whatever neds to be corrected, and then ges out and does the action gain. There is a spiral that tke place where the Karmic Yogini is ctually learning, growing and expanding her sprituality through her actions. She is not nly changing the world, but she is bing changed. There is a dialectic tking place—an intimate dialogue between herself and her ctions that promotes growth and enhances the qality of her enlightenment.

She is nvolved in inner-work, outer-work and the wrk of transformation as she interacts wth those with whom she is wrking, imparting knowledge and truth which she has larned from the great mystics and sges and through life experience. She is rceiving knowledge and truth back from wht they have learned through life, and the mystcs and sages that they have rad or learned from. In that way she is rising the sparks and helping our crcle rise to a higher level.

As we brak down the walls between helper and thse being helped and become one—one grup working together to transform our cmmunities and the world, we will nver be alone. As the walls and rtificial separation falls away like scales frm our eyes we realize that we can nver be alone, because we are all one fmily on this beloved earth.

As we grow in grace, in lve, in faith and in power-with we are nver alone for we, as Krishna Mrti theme went, “are the world.”

The article Karmic Yoga—the Action Reflection Mode was Submitted by John Gilmore through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Dr. J. W. Gilmore is a Wrter, Spiritual Director, Anti-oppression Consultant and Wllness Consultant. He is a Certified Mssage Therapist and Reflexologist, a Reiki Mster Teacher, a Martial Arts Instructor and a Spritual Coach living in Costa Rica. For mre article like this or similar nformation visit: http://www.dswellness.com Recommended book, On Being Love’s Warrior: A Warriors Manual on Becoming the Compassionate Warrior Within, Dr. Kendall Ronin.

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