Nature's Course

It's the last.day of the month of April and tomorrow marks another change of phase in the pandemic for Malaysians. We can officially do away with the mask outdoors and we do not have to check-in via the MySejahtera app when entering any premise, as we have been doing for the past 2 years.

Will I be taking the opportunity to go out more? Unlikely, because I've changed and my job now demands me to be indoors for the major part of the day. It's difficult to work from cafes as I have to rely on my large  desktop monitor to access many different interfaces at the same time. Moreover I have to go on calls every day, which makes it a bit difficult to do in a noisy cafe.

But I've bought myself a portable monitor, which I am experimenting with, to see if I could set up office with 2 screens, wherever I'm at. It's in keeping with the subject of my previous blog article--everything is play, including work. Work should not be so serious. We should all lighten up. It is easier for me because I do not have any skin in the corporate game. Work to me is just like hanging out with friends, and putting in a helping hand wherever and whenever I can. Everyone is by default a friend. Why not help a friend without expecting anything in return?

Why is it important to not to expect anything in return? I believe I have written extensively before regarding this, with reference to karma yoga, which to me is the simplest and best spiritual practice because it blends into our everyday lives. Every time we give without conditions, we are setting in motion forces in the universe that will find its natural course, nurturing the environment around us in the most optimal way. Nature always finds equilibrium which we in our human-centric language call 'justice'.

Justice is nothing but the law of energy conservation. Whenever humans create a code of ethics or a guide to morality--which organised religions do, with good but misguided intentions--we are simply provide good rules-of-thumb for effective energy management. 

We do no waste energy chasing after ego-driven goals, because we will set into motion repercussions which we have to handle further down the road, with greater cost. You cannot create a crest without forcing a trough. That doesn't mean that we should all be complacent people, leading lazy and contented lives. Instead, we go after them purposefully, but allowing room for the universe to surprise us with its best outcome.

What the universe decides for us is the best, because karmically, it is the most energy efficient outcome. When you put ego, pride, revenge or hatred into the mix, you are setting up a nexus of forces that will ultimately be costly to manage. Nature knows best. Some religious-minded person might want to replace the word 'Nature' with 'God'. As the cliche goes, Man proposes, God disposes. And in the same spirit I post this article, allowing it to find its natural course in cyberspace.