The highest acts come from the highest within || On Mundaka Upanishad (2021)
तस्मादृचः साम यजूंषि दीक्षा यज्ञाश्च सर्वे क्रतवो दक्षिणाश्च । संवत्सरश्च यजमानश्च लोकाः सोमो यत्र पवते यत्र सूर्यः ॥
tasmādṛcaḥ sāma yajūṃṣi dīkṣā yajñāśca sarve kratavo dakṣiṇāśca saṃvatsaraśca yajamānaśca lokāḥ somo yatra pavate yatra sūryaḥ
From Him are the hymns of the Rig Veda, the Sama and the Yajur, initiation, and all sacrifices and works of sacrifice, and dues given, the year and the giver of the sacrifice and the worlds, on which the moon shines and the sun.
~ Verse 2.1.6
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Acharya Prashant (AP): The scriptures, the spiritual books, are the highest works of man. Every action comes from a point within our consciousness. Behind the action is an actor, and in the actor there is a choice: the actor could be a lowly one, the actor could be a higher one.
The Rishi is telling you that great creation comes when you operate from the highest point of your consciousness.
You could choose to be a lowly actor. You could choose to operate from some random, low base point of your consciousness, and then the action would have a corresponding quality: low quality action. Low quality not from the perspective of society or your employer or the prevalent norms; low…