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responsible means being aware of the effect that you have on Life
in general, and on Life around you individually. When you can maintain
a high frequency that is uplifting to people, it creates a connection.
But when you are living more selfishly, self-centered, or secretively,
that creates walls, barriers, more separation. There is a responsibility
for living an open life, living in the context of connection with
the things around you, the people around you. It involves realizing
that you are always affecting the world around you, not feeling
guilty about that, but recognizing that your thoughts have an effect,
your presence has an effect, and you really want to give to others
the benefit of your presence.
There is a responsibility to keep this realization, this awareness
of the effect you have, up front, and to recognize that you have
the ability to cancel out a lot of negativity. If you are around
someone who is very negative, you have the ability to override that,
to cancel it out, so that it doesn't have a lasting effect on Life.
There is a responsibility to be more pro-active in situations where
you see someone being very negative, saying negative things; you
don't have to go into conflict with them, but in your own awareness
you can say, "Wait a minute; it doesn't have to be that way."
Responsibility includes watching the media, the news. The news media
feed on negativity. You can watch what the media report, and you
can say, "No, that's not the way it is; it doesn't have to
be that way." You have a responsibility in awareness to respond
to situations, and say, "That's not the way it has to be."
You have an ability to cancel things, to see a bigger picture, a
greater connection. You can use that to connect with people, to
connect with the environment, with things around you.
The most important thing to realize is that you are always affecting
Life, you are always affecting things around you. Your attitude,
your sense of humor, your presence, your lightness or heaviness--you
are affecting things around you all the time. It can be in very
gross ways, or very subtle ways, but you are always at effect. When
you really know that, when you live in that kind of arena, you don't
need to be paranoid or fearful about it, because sometimes you just
don't feel good, and that's the way it is. But you can be very much
aware of when you don't feel good, and cancel it by not letting
it go anywhere. So there is a responsibility, a being-responsible
for your energy flow. It does not involve being judgmental about
yourself, or holding an agenda about the effect you have; it is
simply a matter of having the awareness that we are connected, that
we have an effect on Life around us. People around us deserve respect,
deserve that kind of connection.
There is a responsibility to communicate in Life, to inform, to
share, to connect with people, without an expectation or agenda.
There are so many subtle things in our life that can enhance the
process of living if one has the ability to respond, to connect.
Secret thoughts, those thoughts that you hardly verbalize to yourself,
have an effect on the world. You will want to catch those, and nip
them in the bud. For instance, if you find yourself thinking, "I
wish that person would die," you can have the ability to respond
to that thought immediately, to say, "No, that's not what I
really intend; I'm just upset." You have the ability to negate,
to cancel those thoughts. You have the power to say, "No, that's
not who I am." The awareness of it is what is important. The
moment you, as the core of Life, become aware of something like
that, it is very natural for you to cancel it, to say, "No,
I don't want that to go anywhere; what I really want is for that
person to wake up, to become aware."
When you see the foolish destruction that nations and groups are
engaged in today, the intellect can think, "Well, I hope many
people die from this stupidity." But you can notice that thought
and realize, "I'm sad that we have had to come to this chaos
and destruction in order to wake up, because it could be so much
easier, but let's learn from this experience of foolishness; let
others learn from it too; let's make this experience pay; let's
get the most we can out of this experience." In that way, you
can turn it around so that it becomes something beneficial. top
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