Dharma vs Karma

Kriya as per dharma gathers no karma. Activity as per norms of rightful conduct leaves no residue in the mind. 

There is no residue when the mind knows that it has acted as it should have, checked out against some reference list. Before choosing an activity, before making a response, let us stop and think. Will it leave a residue in the mind? If it seems so, let us not do that action. Delve deep and see what is being violated from that reference list. Is it a basic value? Will it cause harm to somebody? Or is it just some mental position being opposed? If it is just a position, we can try to free ourselves from that position. If we cannot then let us not do that activity. No activity is worth the residue. 

There will be times when we are able to do neither -- not stop the activity, nor let go of the position. Let us just be aware of the clash and concentrate on sadhana. As the mind clarifies, one of the two will slowly dissolve.

Dealing with that feeling

A feeling does not necessarily need action. 

Like a small child creating trouble in order to be noticed, all it needs is some loving attention lighting it up and soothing it with a beam of awareness. Thinking that all feelings expressed by a child need to be acted upon is ignorant parenting. An aware parent will mostly satisfy the child by giving it attention. After that, the course of action (including inaction), will depend on what the parent knows to be ultimately good for the child. Ignorant and reactive parents raise spoilt and dependent children. 

So it is with the mind. Let us recognise the feeling, giving it loving attention to satisfy its demand to be noticed, and then get on with what needs to be done as per yukti. Action should ultimately arise from yukti, while ensuring that the feelings have been duly recognised and assuaged, so that they do not hijack the action half-way.