15. Doing the Right Thing

Learn to do the right thing always, simply because it is right, and not for the sake of the approval of others. Doing things for external approval is people-pleasing behaviour. It is craven and unattractive and completely insincere. To act simply because it is right is also known as acting indifferently. Acting this way means that you are simply meeting the need that you see in front of you. Acting indifferently does not mean that you don't care; it means that you have no attachment to or desire for the fruits of your action or any advantage you might gain. It is said that good actions are better than bad actions and that indifferent actions are the best of all because they destroy bad sanskara (karma). Indifferent comes from the Latin for not to carry in two - it means to act from unity.