Sense of Entitlement.

I admit, I get my giggles by calling other people's bullshit. But it is a private pleasure, so I am OK with it. Of late I have met various american people and have heard them talk, and if you were to choose the one stereotype about the quintessential american, it is that he, or she, loves to talk, to confess. They love holding a moral upper ground. Its something we are familiar with in India, it is the exact thing that Gandhi understood and exploited. It comes from a deep rooted sense of entitlement, that if you do 'good' things, you get good things. You worked hard today, so you need more things. You deserve more things. You earned it. You have money because you are good, and so people should listen to you. You are only to do your karma, without questioning it, and that should be enough. The rest is bhagwan ki marzi. Karma is a complicated word, it can be moulded to suit one's convenience. I am certainly guilty of doing this, but every once in a while I understand that karma is the enactment of the truth. To never be lazy and to constantly question one's actions, seek the truth, understand actions and consequences, but never let the thoughts paralyse you into inaction. It is the pursuit of an ideal level of engagement of mind and action, a pursuit of consciousness. It is Work.