Helping In

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Ayudar

-por Purushottama

Much@s de nosotr@s, por alguna razón, tenemos un deseo innato de ayudar a l@s demás, de hacer del mundo un lugar mejor.

Parece bastante claro que lo que tenemos ahora en nuestro mundo es el resultado de los esfuerzos de la "mente". Vemos que la "mente" nunca puede ser verdaderamente creativa, nunca puede ser verdaderamente nueva. Siempre proviene del pasado. Todo pensamiento se basa en el pasado y, por lo tanto, nunca puede crear nada que no se base en el pasado. No puede crear nada que sea un salto vertical. Siempre es lineal, horizontal.

Podemos ver que, si realmente queremos "hacer del mundo un lugar mejor", entonces tenemos que ayudar a otros a descubrir la vida "más allá de la mente", fuera de la prisión del pasado. Y de ello se deduce que la única manera de ayudar a otros a descubrir la vida más allá de la mente es hacer ese descubrimiento por nosotr@s mism@s. No basta con hablar de ello; Pero debemos dejarnos transformar por ella. Debemos permitir que absorba cada vestigio del "yo" para dar cabida a la vida en el presente, a la creatividad y al amor verdadero.

La siguiente pregunta es, sin duda, ¿cómo proceder? ¿Cómo salir de la prisión de la mente? ¿Cómo descubrir la vida "más allá de la mente"? ¿Cómo vivir en el presente?

Puede haber muchas respuestas a estas preguntas. Pero solo puedo hablar desde mi propia experiencia: la meditación. Y por meditación, me refiero simplemente a dirigir nuestra atención a la actividad de la mente. Observar su funcionamiento sin interferir, sin juzgar, sin caer en la dualidad mental, sin involucrarnos en el sí o el no. Y es esta observación, este testimonio de la mente en su totalidad, lo que nos libera de sus garras.

Y la ironía es que, a menudo, lo que nos impide permitir esa transformación en nosotr@s mism@s es nuestra dedicación a intentar mejorar el mundo. Nuestro tiempo puede estar consumido por causas sociales. Puede que participemos activamente en movimientos políticos. Puede que intentemos sanar a otr@s. Pero, mientras tanto, ignoramos un hecho innegable: no nos hemos permitido nuestra propia transformación. Hemos estado alimentando nuestro ego a través de toda esta actividad y, por lo tanto, seguimos viviendo desde la mente.

Así que, quienes hemos sido bendecid@s o maldecid@s con el deseo de hacer del mundo un lugar mejor, dediquémonos al verdadero trabajo que dará frutos. Actuemos con gran sinceridad, con un anhelo profundo.

Y quizás, podamos materializar, podamos comprender aquello que hemos estado buscando: una Tierra poblada por seres conectados con la existencia; una Tierra poblada por seres íntegros, sensibles y creativos que no actúan por condicionamiento, sino desde la inteligencia del todo.

Extraído de: “De lémures a lamas”.

Preguntas semilla para la reflexión

¿Cómo te identificas con la idea de que "la mente nunca puede ser verdaderamente creativa" porque siempre parte del pasado? ¿Alguna vez has sentido que incluso tus mejores intenciones al ayudar a los demás se nutrían de viejos patrones, viejas historias y viejas heridas, en lugar de algo genuinamente nuevo? ¿Puedes compartir una anécdota personal sobre un momento en el que te diste cuenta de que tu ajetreo en el mundo —una causa, un rol, una forma de cuidar— de alguna manera te estaba "sosteniendo", impidiéndote ofrecer la transformación que más anhelabas? ¿Qué te ayuda a dirigir tu atención hacia tu interior con lo que el pasaje llama "gran sinceridad" y "un anhelo profundo", especialmente cuando el mundo exterior exige tu energía y tu tiempo?

Seed Questions for Reflection

How do you relate to the notion that "mind can never be truly creative" because it is always coming from the past - and have you ever sensed in yourself that even your most well-intentioned efforts to help others were quietly drawing from old patterns, old stories, old wounds rather than something genuinely new? Can you share a personal story of a moment when you realized that your busyness in the world - a cause, a role, a way of caring - was somehow "propping up the me," keeping you from the very transformation you most longed to offer? What helps you turn your attention inward with what the passage calls "great earnestness" and "a tremendous longing," especially when the outer world is pulling hard for your energy and time?

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6 Past Reflections
AJ
Aug 4, 2026
Well, it's just so interesting that this contribution could be lifted nearly verbatim from the writings of J. Krishnamurti. Fine, we can only know the past. However, regardless of the amount of meditation, we will not be unlimited, we will always be conditioned, even if only by the rules of physics. For me, a better question is how do we choose based upon what will be most skillful in helping ourselves and other thrive. Yes, this takes a deep awareness and requires practice. However, to leave the impression that somehow with meditation we will cease to be limited beings - limited in perception or wisdom, seems to me a kind of hubris in itself. Perhaps, we are just what existence or nature has required us to be and survival will depend upon the slow learning of millennia - what has worked and what has not. Every religion preaches that if only EVERYONE believed and did as I/we do, then the world would be a place of peace and eternal blessings. Maybe it is not intended to be. Or maybe the... View full comment
PE
Aug 4, 2026
In my world, it helps to write down what your mind is doing (your thoughts) in any particular moment, so that you can have a good look at it and see where it diverges from reality. Otherwise you will end up chasing your own tail, going round in circles.
There is also the question of having the will to challenge our own familiar and often comfortable / safe feeling world view
The urge to help can be healthy and useful. It can also result from distorted thinking and be particularly unhelpful. …or both.
I believe mind as finite mind has limited creativity based at least in part on finite memory of the past. I believe there is infinite mind and memory that is the source, is always present, and is always truly creative. I believe it's for us to allow and tap into our infinite source. I also believe all mind, creativity, and existence is circular, not vertical, which is a big part of why it is so creative. In using my finite mind over the years, I've been committed more than once to a cause in a way that I had tunnel vision, not seeing or not open to a bigger picture, which kept me from the transformation that I needed. I guess I was open enough to eventually see at least some of the bigger picture, and the seeing expanded my mind and creativity and gave me more of what I needed. Turning inward was part of my broadening in the sense of letting go of how things should be or have to be and increasing my seeing what is which is very broad and rich.
JP
Jul 30, 2026
To create something new, the mind needs to be free from thinking about the past or worrying about the future. A creative mind is free from the grip of the past and from dwelling on the future. Creative and beneficial ideas arise in the consciousness of the present moment, here and now. The past is already gone, and the future has yet to arrive. Much of our energy is wasted by thinking about the past and the future. The mind becomes imprisoned by thoughts of the past and by thoughts about the future. That is why I have learned to meditate regularly. If I do not meditate regularly, my mind wanders and worries, and I lose my energy. My physical, mental, and emotional energy, as well as my sleep and appetite, are affected when I do not meditate regularly. A wandering mind drains my energy. I have learned the importance of meditating regularly, and I have gained many benefits from this practice. When I was in the beginning phase of my meditation journey, I found excuses not to medita... View full comment
SH
Jul 30, 2026
An author proclaiming "And the irony is that often what is keeping us from allowing that transformation in ourselves is our engaging in the activities of trying to make the world a better place" creates situational irony.

What problems are solved in this writing?
Where is the first hand experience of change this author has created?
Crickets.

The world needs less philosophers and more activated authenticity. You don't need permission to BE yourself.

Shut off the performance. Put down the mask. Quit lying to yourself and the world. This the the root of violence.

It takes tremendous courage that most don't have. So most turn to words and lectures and should'ing hoping that someone else will go first and make the world safe so that they can finally be themselves.

Choose to reject your self-created prison.