The Secret Of Being

When we cannot just "be," then we have to be "something," and when we have to be something, we have to set goals. When we set goals, however, we are never satisfied until the goal is reached, and therefore, it is only when there are no goals that we can just "be."

Just being has its advantages. Other than not having to achieve this shallow goal or that pretentious goal, just being forms creative space in our minds. Have you ever had an opportunity to just waste time for a while? It doesn't happen often; maybe if you break down and have to wait for a tow truck in the middle of nowhere, or when a loved one is in the emergency room and you wait patiently outside. Those are the moments when you can just be, and those are the moments that create the quantum leaps in our lives, those shifts in values.

While we are programmed to engage in life, we experience none of those "wasted" moments. Every moment has to have meaning for us, and unfortunately, few of them do. Seldom can we just be, because regardless of how quiet we are, our minds are going a mile a minute, trying to keep up with all of our frantic striving to become . . . something.

Even when we meditate, we must be following a process of some kind. We can't just sit there as if we are waiting for the tow truck, or word from a doctor. n
We just can't be. n