February 19, 2026
Calculated action is not just something which takes place - it is the ego that acts, it is the ego that does it. If you watch yourself keenly you will see that there is always a “because” - because I like it, because I'm afraid of it. Now comes something very important. The action takes place regardless of Mr. X or Swami V. But when the ego links itself with that activity, it experiences what comes after as pain or pleasure.
The coconut palm stands there with all the coconuts hanging. The tree is totally unconcerned whether they are hanging there or not. A coconut is cut. Does the tree feel any loss? Not at all. But if I am holding a bag in my hand and somebody snatches it - “Oh! It is mine. I have lost it.” Why? Because the ego was holding it.
Because it is the ego that creates ownership and it is the ego that creates this identification, therefore it is the ego that creates or projects the idea pain or pleasure and then it is the ego itself that suffers it.
It is a beautiful thing if you watch what goes on in your own mind. When something comes to me -why comes to me? Something comes - that is all.