Karma yoga

Le karma yoga est la voie de l'équilibre du joug du karma - des causes et des effets mis en mouvement dans cette vie et dans les vies antérieures ; la voie des bonnes œuvres mises en évidence par des pensées, des sentiments, des paroles et des actes purs ; la discipline des quatre corps inférieurs en mettant l'accent sur l'action physique pour le changement alchimique ; les exercices spirituels/physiques, y compris l'invocation du feu sacré (agni yoga) en donnant des décrets de flamme violette (mantra et japa yoga) ; le non-attachement au fruit de l'action ou à sa récompense.

La fin du chemin du karma yoga est la libération de la ronde des renaissances par l'Amour et la Grâce dévorants de l'Esprit Saint, et la réunion avec Dieu, la Puissante Présence JE SUIS, dans le rituel de l'ascension.

Il est possible d'atteindre de grands sommets de spiritualité tout en laissant de côté la seule chose qui doit être accomplie : l'équilibre complet du karma. À force d'exercices et de dévotion, on peut atteindre des états de conscience exaltés - c'est comme gravir une échelle. Mais un jour ou l'autre, il faut descendre de l'échelle, emprunter la voie du karma yoga, retrousser ses manches, se mettre au travail et équilibrer son karma.

Le karma yoga se situe sur la ligne des neuf heures de l'Horloge cosmique, le quadrant physique. C'est la voie du salut pour ceux qui sont aptes à l'action.

L'enseignement de Krishna

As Krishna explains in the Bhagavad-gita:

It is not right to leave undone the holy work which ought to be done. Such a surrender of action would be a delusion of darkness. And he who abandons his duty because he has fear of pain, his surrender is ... impure, and in truth he has no reward.

But he who does holy work, Arjuna, because it ought to be done, and surrenders selfishness and thought of reward [or praise], his work is pure, and is peace. This man sees and has no doubts: he surrenders, he is pure and has peace. Work, pleasant or painful, is for him joy.

For there is no man on earth who can fully renounce living work, but he who renounces the reward of his work is in truth a man of renunciation. When work is done for a reward, the work brings pleasure, or pain, or both, in its time; but when a man does work in Eternity, then Eternity is his reward.

If we work for personal gain and ego gratification, we are attaching ourselves to this world and to the fruits of our actions. If we work for the good of others or to the glory of God, we are liberating ourselves from past karmas.

In the world but not of it

It is a dangerous situation when people leave off the service of God and his work for meditation, contemplation and other spiritual activities. They have not learned that the work of the heart, head and hand is a chalice for true meditation, contemplation and contact with God.

The path of karma yoga shows us how to be in the world but not of the world. It shows how we can stop digging ourselves deeper into the mire of the human ego and instead work toward becoming a pure crystal through which the Atman can shine unobstructed.

Karma yogis must follow basic moral rules, never think evil thoughts, control their desires and passions, and never harm anyone mentally or physically. The karma yogi must never do work out of selfishness or feeling that he is making a sacrifice or a great effort. Krishna says that such work is impure. We must use the work to become detached from the world.

See also

Yoga

Sources

Jesus and Kuthumi, Corona Class Lessons: For Those Who Would Teach Men the Way.

Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, The Masters and the Spiritual Path.