IMHO, this beautiful quote, sums up dharma and thus led to a writing sharing on dharma/adharma

Because the tiger acts in accordance to its nature and knows not anything else, therefore he is divine and there is no evil in him; if he questioned himself, he could feel a criminal.

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Dharma is your nature... what the Whole as chosen to be through 'you' for the Whole;

Or those qualities 'you' have chosen to be imbued with as an individuation of the Whole for the Whole

 

Dhrama is thus your purpose to be ....that role 'you' play in the larger picture...for the Universe/God/Whole;

Dhrama thus implies being in accordance with the Universe/God/Whole

For you come with a certain nature ... towards certain purposes....for the Whole;

 Thus each ones dharma… nature... purpose ... what they have chosen to experience, explore and contribute through...is unique.

 

And adharma is only when you are not in tune with your unique nature… purpose to be...

thus when you are not in tune with the Whole... and its game plan!

Thus has dharma come to be known as your 'duty'

but when more deeply understood it implies more about you the individuation being in sync with you the Whole!

 

The apple tree must produce apples, not pears

The scorpion as Buddha said, must sting; but not in retaliation must He, for his nature was forgiveness

Butchers need kill

Soldiers fight

Peace activists... create peace!

Some one will fight for trees not to be cut

Someone will cut them to make paper;

Some will be interested in the beaching of the Whales

Some will not;

 

Each one is drawn towards their DHARMA

none being right, wrong, better or lesser;

And being in sync with what you are

being in at-one-ment with what you are in every Now

is following your dharma!

 

Thus adharama only means separation from ...ignorance of... your true nature (it does not impose judgments of bad... evil... less)

yes, separation from ...ignorance of your true nature in the microcosm of your current life - from your purpose to be in the now...

and thus in the larger picture -separation from ...ignorance of your true nature as All That Is! That which you are as the Whole!

 

If you can take it deeper

 When the religious texts say the "Gods come down to earth when adharma takes over"

they do not imply  a war of  'good' versus 'evil'

It only implies that 'point' ...when consciousness (prakriti) within the game

in the separation and ignorance of the game ... forgets it's larger game plan... it's way back home so to say; 

and thus... those aspects of Consciousness which are out of the game... the so called Gods... The Whole Which witnesses....

enter the game to guide it back into being in sync with the ordained game plan!

Self enabling... self to Self!

 

Love from my heart to yours
Divyaa Kummar

Dharma is not 'duty'; dharma is not 'the good' that opposes evil; dharma is being in sync with those aspects of the Universe flowing through 'you' -Divyaa