All roles are equally important

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Act Your Role

In this world-drama, whatever role may be assigned to us by the director, we

should play that role faithfully and to the best of our ability and capacity,

without entertaining such thoughts as this role is good or that role is bad.

There is no question of our likes and dislikes here. The ‘director’ knows

best

what role is suited to whom and allots them accordingly. In his view, all

roles are equally important and they all contribute to the success of the drama

in equal measure.

 

In the same way, our roles in the world, with all their corresponding

actions, by themselves, are neither good nor bad. Whatever actions have been

decided

for us by our samskaaras (culture) or vaasanaas (tendencies), are to be

accepted and discharged without grumbling. If we grumble, it will only spoil our

role-actions. Therefore, actions prompted or ordained by samskaaras should be

performed willingly without any grievance and grudge.

 

 

 

- Sri Swamiji

Jai Guru Datta!

 

from Sadguru Sookti Sangraha, sadguruseva.org JGD