TO BECOME OR TO BE
This is something we continually grapple with. Working within the framework of viewing ourselves as incomplete, and mesmerized that our completeness lies out in the world, we are unrelentingly pursuing the carrot.
We evaluate that our “becoming” will be found in just the right body, friends, career, achievements, income, car, house, etc.--an unending pursuit, where each acquisition is accompanied by a gnawing feeling of dissatisfaction.
The continued distraction with “out there” only keeps our focus off “in there”. Our drive to become something (which changes parameters as we transition in life), only redirects our attention away from the discovery that our greatest expression is found in merely “being”.
In being, there is no straining, striving or effort. There is not the endless pursuit of goals, which continually change, and are only projected from a limited paradigm which is subject to change with little notice from ourselves anyway.
In being, you can relax, take in the scenery, smell the coffee, and enjoy the moments which you have gone to so much trouble to bring to yourself.
No become--just be.
This is something we continually grapple with. Working within the framework of viewing ourselves as incomplete, and mesmerized that our completeness lies out in the world, we are unrelentingly pursuing the carrot.
We evaluate that our “becoming” will be found in just the right body, friends, career, achievements, income, car, house, etc.--an unending pursuit, where each acquisition is accompanied by a gnawing feeling of dissatisfaction.
The continued distraction with “out there” only keeps our focus off “in there”. Our drive to become something (which changes parameters as we transition in life), only redirects our attention away from the discovery that our greatest expression is found in merely “being”.
In being, there is no straining, striving or effort. There is not the endless pursuit of goals, which continually change, and are only projected from a limited paradigm which is subject to change with little notice from ourselves anyway.
In being, you can relax, take in the scenery, smell the coffee, and enjoy the moments which you have gone to so much trouble to bring to yourself.
No become--just be.
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