October 13, 2023 – A

Joseph Campbell said the thrust
of the Bahgavad Gita
is "Get in there and do your thing
and let the outcome be the outcome."

We live to manipulate the outcome
by doing whatever is necessary
to leverage what we want
into place
and letting "our thing"
be anything it takes to get what we desire.

Our thing is having our way
at the expense of all other considerations.

Which is to say
that we don't have a "thing."
We have a compulsion to get what we want
no matter what.

And those who know know
that having our way
is the first thing to go
in the service of being who we are
and doing what is ours to do.

It is not a choice that we are aware 
of having to make.

We think that getting our way
IS what is ours to do.

Lao Tzu said,
"Do your work and step back,
let the outcome be the outcome."

We are here to serve "our work"
and to do "our thing," 
no matter the outcome.

Wait? What?

The idea that there is something
greater than what we want,
something more important 
than having our way,
is inconceivable.
Unbelievable.
Incapable even of being imagined.

There is a good beyond our good?
How can that be good?
Good IS our good!
Why would we serve something
that does not have our best interest--
as we think of it--
at heart?

Our good is surely the most important thing!

No?

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