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'''Right Action''' is action/behavior that supports [[Healing]] and [[Connection]]. Right action is one of a three-part trinity of considerations ([[Three_Rs_of_Alignment]]) that lead towards [[alignment]] and the reduction of [[disjuncture]], the others being [[Right Thought]] and [[Right Environment]].
'''Right Action''' is action refers to actions that meet one or more of your (or someone else’s) [[Seven Essential Needs]]. Right action is also action that does not thwart those same needs needs. Right action is also actin that supports [[Health]]. [[Healing]], and [[Connection]].<ref>{{Wkbk2}}</ref><ref>{{Wkbk3}}</ref> In general, this means right actions meet your [[Seven Essential Needs]],  help others meet their essential needs, and are in [[Alignment]] with your [[Spiritual Ego]]. Right action is always non-threatening and not-violent towards ''all'' living beings. Right action one of the [[Three Rs of Alignment]] and is part of the LP's [[Alignment Rule Set]].
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==The Three Rs of Alignment==
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==The Three Ws of Misalignment==
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==Syncretic Terms==
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==Related Terms==
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==Notes==
==Notes==


Right Action is one of the [[Three Rs of Alignment]], (the others being [[Right Environment]] and [[Right Action]]) that, when taken together, provide the foundations of [[Healing]] and [[Connection]]. Taken together, right thought, action, and environment constitute the LPs [[Alignment Rule Set]]
Right action is action that
 
* meets one or more of your essential needs,
* helps  meet their essential needs,
* is in alignment between your [Spiritual Ego and Bodily Ego]].
 
Right actions in non-violent action. Note, violence is not confined to physical violence. Violence is any physical, psychological, emotional, institutional, or spiritual act that leads to psychological, emotional, physical, and spiritual diminishment.<ref>Johan Galtung, “Violence, Peace, and Peace Research,” ''Journal of Peace Research'' 6, no. 3 (January 1, 1969): 167–91.</ref>
 
Right action is not confined to humans, but extends to all living beings and their ecosystems. Killing animals for food was, at one time, a requirement of human survival. Now, it is not. On a planet with the capacity and capability to feed everyone on a non-violent vegetarian diet, vegetarianism and ethical treatment of animals becomes an important point of right action.
 
Right action may be fully encapsulated by the phrase the ''Aligned responsibility to uplift all of creation.''


Right action is action aligned with [[Highest Self]]. This includes
Right Action is one of the [[Three Rs of Alignment]], (the others being [[Right Environment]] and [[Right Action]]) that, when taken together, provide the foundations of [[Healing]] and [[Connection]].  


: [[Ahimsa]] अहिंसा) - non violence,  
Taken together, right thought, action, and environment constitute the LPs [[Alignment Rule Set]]
 
=== In the literature ===
 
: [[Ahimsa]] अहिंसा) - non-violence,  
: asteya अस्तेय - non-stealing,  
: asteya अस्तेय - non-stealing,  
: brahmacarya ब्रह्मचार्य - appropriate use of vital energies
: brahmacarya ब्रह्मचार्य - appropriate use of vital energies
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: sauca शौचा - purity, cleanliness
: sauca शौचा - purity, cleanliness
: IsvarapranidhAna इस्वरप्रनिधन - devotion, alignment with "higher force" (i.e. Self)
: IsvarapranidhAna इस्वरप्रनिधन - devotion, alignment with "higher force" (i.e. Self)
: ...
: Duty <ref>Vivekananda, Swami. "The Secret of Work." Collected Works of Swami Vivekananda. Vol. 5. 9 vols. Advaita Ashrama, 2016. https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/SWAMI-VIVEKANANDA-COMPLETE-WORKS-Vol-1.pdf</ref>
: Helping other meet their [[Seven Essential Needs]]<ref>Vivekananda, Swami. “Karma Yoga.” Collected Works of Swami Vivekananda. Vol. 1. 9 vols. Advaita Ashrama, 2016. https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/SWAMI-VIVEKANANDA-COMPLETE-WORKS-Vol-1.pdf</ref>
:...
Karma is an elaboration of the consequences of action and an admonishment to engage in right action because wrong action builds up (in our neurology, in our habits, in its consequences) and accumulates.  <ref>See for example [https://spiritwiki.lightningpath.org/index.php/Swami%20Vivekananda Swami Vivekananda] book "Karma Yoga" to be found in Vivekananda, Swami. ''Collected Works of Swami Vivekananda''. Vol. 1. 9 vols. Advaita Ashrama, 2016. <nowiki>https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/SWAMI-VIVEKANANDA-COMPLETE-WORKS-Vol-1.pdf</nowiki></ref>


The Christian Ten Commandments can be seen as a statement of right action. Do not steal, do not kill (harm), do not covet (be possessive), etc.
The Christian Ten Commandments can be seen as a statement of right action. Do not steal, do not kill (harm), do not covet (be possessive), etc.
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Because of the uncompromising nature of higher consciousness, full [[Connection]] of the physical unit does not occur in a physical unit that does not engage in right action.
Because of the uncompromising nature of higher consciousness, full [[Connection]] of the physical unit does not occur in a physical unit that does not engage in right action.
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Right Action is action refers to actions that meet one or more of your (or someone else’s) Seven Essential Needs. Right action is also action that does not thwart those same needs needs. Right action is also actin that supports Health. Healing, and Connection.[1][2] In general, this means right actions meet your Seven Essential Needs, help others meet their essential needs, and are in Alignment with your Spiritual Ego. Right action is always non-threatening and not-violent towards all living beings. Right action one of the Three Rs of Alignment and is part of the LP's Alignment Rule Set.

The Three Rs of Alignment

Three Rs of Alignment > Right Action, Right Environment, Right Thought

The Three Ws of Misalignment

Three Ws of Mislignment > Wrong Action, Wrong Environment, Wrong Thought

Syncretic Terms

Right Action > Achara, Aligned Action, Ashramas, Dharma, Purushaarthas, Rtavan, Shariah

Related LP Terms

Right Action > Alignment, Discipline, Equality, Three Rs of Alignment

Non-LP Related Terms

Right Action > Ahimsa, Charity, Dharma, Duty, Karma, Mithra

Notes

Right action is action that

  • meets one or more of your essential needs,
  • helps meet their essential needs,
  • is in alignment between your [Spiritual Ego and Bodily Ego]].

Right actions in non-violent action. Note, violence is not confined to physical violence. Violence is any physical, psychological, emotional, institutional, or spiritual act that leads to psychological, emotional, physical, and spiritual diminishment.[3]

Right action is not confined to humans, but extends to all living beings and their ecosystems. Killing animals for food was, at one time, a requirement of human survival. Now, it is not. On a planet with the capacity and capability to feed everyone on a non-violent vegetarian diet, vegetarianism and ethical treatment of animals becomes an important point of right action.

Right action may be fully encapsulated by the phrase the Aligned responsibility to uplift all of creation.

Right Action is one of the Three Rs of Alignment, (the others being Right Environment and Right Action) that, when taken together, provide the foundations of Healing and Connection.

Taken together, right thought, action, and environment constitute the LPs Alignment Rule Set

In the literature

Ahimsa अहिंसा) - non-violence,
asteya अस्तेय - non-stealing,
brahmacarya ब्रह्मचार्य - appropriate use of vital energies
aparigraha अपरिग्रह - non-possessiveness
sauca शौचा - purity, cleanliness
IsvarapranidhAna इस्वरप्रनिधन - devotion, alignment with "higher force" (i.e. Self)
Duty [4]
Helping other meet their Seven Essential Needs[5]
...

Karma is an elaboration of the consequences of action and an admonishment to engage in right action because wrong action builds up (in our neurology, in our habits, in its consequences) and accumulates. [6]

The Christian Ten Commandments can be seen as a statement of right action. Do not steal, do not kill (harm), do not covet (be possessive), etc.

A Zoroastrian avowal of faith indicates the significance of "well-thought thought," "well-spoken word," and "well-performed act." [7]

Man of the statements made by Handsome Lake in his Seneca teachings, in particular The Great Message, are statements of right action, right thought, and right environment.[8]

Right action can be determined theoretically, i.e. by considering the nature of Consciousness as a loving, compassionate, connected, responsible, blissful and powerful expression of divinity, or it can be determined intuitively, by responding to triggering emotions (Sosteric, GA). As regards the theoretical determination of right action, right action is action that allows for the full aligned expression of the love, compassion, and bliss of Consciousness through the physical unit.

Because of the uncompromising nature of higher consciousness, full Connection of the physical unit does not occur in a physical unit that does not engage in right action.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Lightning Path Workbook Two - Healing. Vol. 2. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://www.lightningpath.org/lp-workbooks/.
  2. ↑ Lightning Path Workbook Three - Connection. Vol. 3. Lightning Path Workbook Series. St. Albert, Alberta: Lightning Path Press, 2017. https://www.lightningpath.org/lp-workbooks/.
  3. ↑ Johan Galtung, “Violence, Peace, and Peace Research,” Journal of Peace Research 6, no. 3 (January 1, 1969): 167–91.
  4. ↑ Vivekananda, Swami. "The Secret of Work." Collected Works of Swami Vivekananda. Vol. 5. 9 vols. Advaita Ashrama, 2016. https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/SWAMI-VIVEKANANDA-COMPLETE-WORKS-Vol-1.pdf
  5. ↑ Vivekananda, Swami. “Karma Yoga.” Collected Works of Swami Vivekananda. Vol. 1. 9 vols. Advaita Ashrama, 2016. https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/SWAMI-VIVEKANANDA-COMPLETE-WORKS-Vol-1.pdf
  6. ↑ See for example Swami Vivekananda book "Karma Yoga" to be found in Vivekananda, Swami. Collected Works of Swami Vivekananda. Vol. 1. 9 vols. Advaita Ashrama, 2016. https://www.holybooks.com/wp-content/uploads/SWAMI-VIVEKANANDA-COMPLETE-WORKS-Vol-1.pdf
  7. ↑ Boyce, Mary. A History of Zoroastrianism: Volume One The Early Period. New York: E. J. Brill, 1996. p. 254.
  8. ↑ Parker, Arthur C. The Code of Handsome Lake The Seneca Prophet. New York: The University of the State of New York, 1913.

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