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Ramesh Balsekar · 2026-02-09

Ramesh Balsekar: Action Happens – and Practical Responsibility Remains

A coaching impulse from Balsekar’s perspective: less inner contraction, more sober observation of what actually happens.

Ramesh Balsekar: Action Happens – and Practical Responsibility Remains

The provocative core

Balsekar questions the feeling of being an isolated personal doer who controls life from the center. This can be unsettling, because it touches pride, guilt and control.

At the same time it can relax the inner tribunal that constantly condemns what has already happened.

Relief from self-accusation

If action is seen as part of a larger movement of conditioning, biology, situation and consciousness, blame loses some of its hardness. That does not make harmful behavior irrelevant.

It makes it possible to look more clearly, with less self-hatred.

Zeugenschaft entlastet, ohne Verantwortung im Alltag zu leugnen.
Das Geschehen fließt; Kontrolle ist oft kleiner, als das Ich behauptet.

Responsibility remains practical

Non-doership is not an excuse for passivity. Bills still have to be paid, apologies made, boundaries set and decisions taken. The difference is less inner drama around the acting person.

Life continues to require response.

Acceptance is not resignation

Acceptance means seeing what is already the case. It does not mean approving everything or refusing to act. Sometimes acceptance makes action cleaner because it is no longer driven by panic.

This distinction is useful in coaching.

Practical impulse

Notice one situation where you blame yourself repeatedly. Ask: what conditions contributed to this? What practical response is needed now, without theatrical self-condemnation?