You react, they react, you react more, they react more and faster, there is war, so Karma has no end to reacting.

Eliminate the reaction from your life. 

Every reaction is the creation of karma and we human beings don’t realize it.  We are Karma creation machines.  The reaction is karma, the response is freedom, from where you react, karma is created, if you respond, karma is not created.  You have to understand that, you don’t have to react. 

What are we going to do, am I going to react every time someone says something to me, am I going to be tied up there, am I going to be obliged?

Create a space to respond, rather than react. 

There is a space between the stimulus and the response, how big that space is, it is where your ability to respond resides, when this space does not exist, there is reaction, when this space is wide (taking into account the last responsible moment) there is freedom of choice and responsibility is created for side effects.

Reaction is based on moods, feelings, and external circumstances, it is a common practice.

Pausing and responding based on values, principles, and purpose empowers you.

To do this, we must create space between the stimulus and the response, draw on our self-knowledge, imagination, awareness, independent will, and our responsibility of our next steps.

In a situation that becomes difficult, that escalates in a second, we have to pause and choose a proactive response, for which we have to think about our gifts and our internal resources first, let’s decide on a proactive response, which is also based on our purpose, on our freedom to choose, on our responsibility, on our circle of influence if necessary.

When we do something for the first time and make it work, we discover our inherent potential. The necessary technique, the “means”, simply evolve in the process, knowing how to do it beforehand is not an obstacle, it is fun to discover.

Cultivating an open mind, focused on objectives and being true believers in experimentation, will lead us to achieve what we are looking for, therefore the recommendation is to focus more on the ends, than on the means to achieve what we want, we do the path by walking, and we enjoyed it.