Love’s labour can never be lost : 1.
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So long as we live, we cannot avoid action. And obviously, each one of us seeks a sense of joy, happiness or fulfilment as a result of our actions.
Hence, a proper understanding of the nature of action is necessary for us to be able to obtain the desired results from our actions.
Actions can be broadly classified into three types: unproductive, productive and inspired. In reality there is no action that does not produce some result.
However, most of our actions in our day-to-day life do not produce any positive, substantial or long-term results, nor do they give us a sense of achievement like, for example, watching television, going to parties, visiting bars, chatting over the phone or engaging in mundane conversations. Certainly there may be an initial sense of thrill or excitement in them, but their effects are certainly not long-lasting, and we must admit that we indulge in most of these activities without any specific purpose or goal.
Swami Chinmayananda
To be continued .....
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