Being
"Goodness consists not so much in the outward things we do, but in the inward things we are."
A true, spiritual being has inner qualities of Light, Love, Power, Wisdom, Honesty, Peace, and Perseverance. These qualities need to be found within; they cannot be imparted from or found outside you. They are qualities of "being."
Most people spend their lives trying to be what they are not. Human life is usually defined in terms of "doing" rather than simply "being." But, if you are a human being, what does "being" mean to you? Have you found a true, spiritual, inner being, within you? Or are you missing something? Are you filled with these inner spiritual qualities, or are you full of something else? Ego, emotion, desire, ambition, willfulness, pride, passion, indoctrination, programming, ... all of these things take the place of a True inner being.
How many people try to find their identity somewhere out there, in the world — trying to take their sense of self from their society, their culture, their peers, their programming, their desires, or their worldly successes? We tend to take "being" for granted. We don't look inside for who we are but take our identity from just about anything outside us: from a sports team, a baseball cap, a brand of beer, a hair style, a pop star, our job, our political beliefs, and so on. We lose our connection with, sense of, or purpose in being. How many people fill their lives (or their children's lives) with so many tasks, projects, and activities, that they simply do not let them be? Children today have epidemic attention deficit disorder; they are unable to simply quietly sit and be.
Ask yourself: What is wrong with quietly being, or just being with your self? Why is that insufficient or unsatisfactory? Have you ever spent any quiet time with your self? That means: no television or radio blaring, no other persons, no sporting events, no entertainment, no distractions, ... nothing but you, your self. Most people find this intolerable. They can't stand to be with themselves. Why is that?
"Being" is so simple, so natural, so much a part of us that it escapes our attention. We are quite aware of what we are "doing," but "being" is just too quiet, too unmoving, too unnoticed. And so, we have little sense of who we truly are, on a deeper level. We can go through this life, through this world, and lose who we are — our sense of that, our understanding of that, our experience of that. Countless problems arise from not knowing how to simply be who we are, or from trying to be what we are not. read more ...
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