Comment to 'Observing Social Duties and Reducing Social Interactions'
  • Quoting from above (§4 - 1st sentence):

    « While doing so one should selectively complete social obligations but in such a way as to not cause the interactions to increase. »

    I agree of course with everything mentioned. But from this sentence, I want to highlight the fact that getting a sense of what should be one’s involvement can be a very personal and minutions exercise. The devil is in the details!

    In my opinion and experience, with sufficient sensitivity one can get a sense what things if not tended to will disturb one’s introspection. IMO, this will carry into the hereafter as a simple matter of continuity.

    I am not referring to righteous acts, «dharmic», much less karmic ones, in a general way, but rather the personal minutia that applies to one’s personal and individual circumstance. I think this is a very important aspect.

    One will have to answer to one’s consciousness not answer per what for instance a guru says is the right thing, over and over that has proven to be deceitful. Not that guru’s guidance is not paramount, as guru has insight beyond one’s subtle blindfolds, but that some instructions deserve closer look and consideration, not blind faith.

    Guru just like a parent may be hold liable in the so called end, but oneself, just any child will primarily suffer the consequences of any parental misguidance.

    So hopefully one may tread carefully, in all things activities. In the line of enjoying the fruits in the tree, the coreself is for all practical matters reduced to being subjugated to the sum total of activities that are undertaken, and so ultimately, allocation of energy.