By Karlfried Graf Durckheim
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Whenever we aspire towards some goal or, being dominated by our worl dl y - ego , we fix our attention on a particular objective, we are in danger of losi ng touch with our centre. Indeed, every kind of work or activity which is aimed · towards a definite end can be the means - unless we are deeply grounded in Hara - of shifting the centre of gravity too far upwards. If we ke ep this in mind, it will be seen that every ac tio n provides an opportunity to p r ac tise correct posture. Each moment contains for us the possibility of establishing and co nsolid ating the attitude which frees us from th,e domination of our worldly ego and allows us to exist from our esse ntial being.
This enables him to obey the striv i ng of his inner being to become manifest, to remain a l wa ys in a state of transformation and to become ever more permeable to D iv i n e Being . s. As we speak of correct atti tu de , so can we speak of transparent gesture which is one capable of manifesting the right attitude and , by repe tition , becoming firmly established. This transparent gestu re may be said to exist when essential being is fully manifested in it. To make this possible , the gesture must be free of all fixations gro u n ded in the ego, and above all from the dominance of those attitudes by means of which the worl d-ego protects itself.
Meditation does not - truly begin until that which the ego had seized upon in turn seizes the ego and by this movement changes rational analysis into synthesis. By this means the quality of con sciousness is transformed from th� masculine, active state is, which as it were, a sword, into the feminine, passi ve condition of the open chalice that is capable of being filled, as from an inner well -spring , without the active help of the ego . Thus action is transformed into 'passion ' , and doing into being.