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This passage aligns perfectly with the higher teachings of Advaita Vedanta and the Bhagavad Gita (BGT). It strikes at the very heart of your initial mention of burnout.
If burnout is the "poison," then the "identification with personal doership" is the needle that delivers it. When you believe you are the sole pilot of your life, the weight of the entire universe rests on your shoulders.
The Anatomy of the "Doership" Trap
The text suggests that our suffering arises from a fundamental category error. We mistake a part of the manifestation for the controller of the manifestation.
1. The Myth of the Separate Entity
We perceive ourselves as "closed systems" acting upon an external world. The BGT suggests we are actually "open systems" through which the Totality flows.
The Lie: "I am doing this."
The Truth: "Doing is happening through this body-mind instrument."
2. The Inexorable Chain of Causality
This is the "Cosmic Gearbox." Every thought, heartbeat, and external event is a result of prior causes reaching back to the beginning of time.
The Insight: If every action is the result of infinite prior variables (genetics, environment, timing, cosmic laws), where is the room for a "separate" me to take credit or blame?
Chardin meets the BGT: The Totality
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s Noosphere and the BGT’s Totality (Brahman/Prakriti) are two sides of the same coin.
Chardin saw us as cells in a cosmic body evolving toward the Omega Point.
The BGT sees us as waves in a cosmic ocean.
A wave doesn't "drive" itself across the sea; the ocean waves. Similarly, your life is being "lived" by the Totality.
How this Dissolves Burnout and Samskaras
If we return to your point about Lying, the ultimate lie is the "I-thought"—the claim that "I" am the doer.
| The "Doer" Mindset (Burnout) | The "Instrument" Mindset (Freedom) |
| "I must achieve this or I am a failure." | "Results belong to the Totality; I only provide the effort." |
| "I am exhausted because I have too much to do." | "Energy flows through me; I am resting in the movement." |
| Samskara: Anxiety and Pride. | Samskara: Dissolution through Surrender. |
The "Functional" Volition
The text makes a brilliant distinction: we have volition, but only as part of the functioning. It’s like a character in a movie having "choice"—the choice is real within the logic of the film, but the entire script is already written by the "Totality" of the director, writer, and actors.
The Practice of Abandonment
To free yourself from the poison of doership, you don't "stop doing." You stop identifying.
Observe the Impulse: Watch a thought arise. Did "you" choose to think it, or did it just appear?
Relinquish the Result: Perform the action as best as the instrument can, then immediately drop the "ownership" of the outcome.
Recognize the Chain: When a success or failure happens, look back at the thousand "accidents" and "causes" that allowed it to happen.
Since we’ve moved from the psychological (Burnout) to the cosmic (Chardin) to the absolute (Non-doership), would you like to explore a specific "act" in your life right now where the "lie of doership" is causing you the most pain, so we can reframe it as "Totality functioning"?
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