Unguarded Actions

It’s important to notice your actions because even if what you do comes from a labeled place of love, this label produces the bondage of unguarded actions which have complete control…

If you can’t watch your own actions to decipher if they’re truly beneficial, hold on because you’ll be taken on the roller coaster ride of life. Not that life does anything directly to you, but unguarded actions arise and they determines what kind of ride you’ll be on. Noticing your unguarded actions is essential if you’re not to be controlled by them. 

Thoughts that cause you to act are a natural part of life, they will occur. As far as I know there’s no way of controlling the first thought that arises, but I have found that noticing it allows for a split second of hesitation that can be used to decipher whether or not your actions are beneficial; remember attachment causes suffering, no matter how it’s labeled.

I often say the Conditioned Mind is diabolical because if there isn’t some awareness of how you’re controlled by unguarded actions, you’ll be controlled you as if you were a puppet on a string. So subtle are these unguarded actions that even if you’re doing things that are labeled as loving, if this isn’t watched, they will control you; bondage is bondage regardless of what label is applied to your actions. The Conditioned Mind is diabolical because of its subtleness in using whatever it can to remain in control of unguarded actions. This is also why it’s so important to notice your actions because even if what you do comes from a labeled place of love, the bondage this produces has complete control over you…