Seeking, trying, doing

“All that you seek, is seeking you.” Rumi the great Indian poet once said that. It’s described as a higher power putting the desire for something into you that makes you seek it in the first place. But what does it mean to SEEK? In Rumi’s context it seems to mean to “act upon” or “act towards.” (Where focus goes, energy flows.) Sometimes you do not have to succeed because, as Rumi said, it is also seeking you. All you have to do is TRY. I’ve been reading a lot about the origin of the word karma and it is actually translated as “action.” Your karma actually means your experience of your life, based on your actions; mental actions, physical actions, and emotional actions. If “seek” means to “act towards,” then what you try for will find you, but it is based on your action. What you say is important. What you think is important. What you do is important… because that is your karma. Our behaviors we practice will have a tendency to become fixed if we let them. A public speaker I listen to a lot always says, “If you do the right things, the right things will happen.” Let’s ignore our fears, worries, and anxieties and simply DO the right things, even if it feels strange or uncomfortable. Become who you want by doing what “they” would do.