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  1. Desika – really nice post! Indeed, “to be” is the essence of living. Doing is the prevalent western concept of “living” but really, the yogis of India have it right – “to be” is verily “to live”. With that said, let us aspire to share this great insight with others so that this helps to “temper” modern culture and activities that slowly and sometimes adversely affect our physical health and states of mind. Again, great post Desika – many thanks for sharing :)

    Yours in “Being”,

    Keith Johnson
    http://ommeditation.info

  2. Keith, Thanks. You are absolutely right. But, in the present age, I would not blame the west alone for “Doing.” Only the ancient mystics of the east and the west got it right. But in modern times, If what I see in India is an indication, it is all about “Doing.” I hope that changes one person at a time everywhere in the whole world.

    LnL,
    -Desika

  3. Nice article – this echoes many of my own messages about re-framing what you want in terms of who you want to become. Who you are becoming. Who you are.

    You are already everything you want to become. Your authentic self is underneath all the layers of stuff you get up and put on everyday, like a naked body buried under clothes. Being is underneath, so think about what you can remove that may be covering that simple, inherent state.

    The link on my name above is to some more of my share of this conversation.

    Slade

  4. Slade,

    I like your “naked body buried under clothes” comparison. It absolutely puts things in perspective. My usual comparison is, “Being/Enlightenment/Brahman already there at the bottom of the muddy pool. We just need to filter and clarify the waters to see the bottom clearly.” All spiritual techniques are there only to help filter the water and do not really add/bring anything new.

    Thanks.

    LnL,
    Desika

  7. Perhaps the state of being is all there is. Furthermore, maybe Being has nothing to do with anything outside us, no objects. Also internally, maybe nothing effects Being either because our thoughts, feelings, and even our bodies are objects. Anybody who is observant enough realizes that all objects are constantly changing. If that is the case then being-ness always remains the same, in the moment, never changing. I have memories from my childhood and when I think about how I felt then, I notice I still feel the same except everything around me changed. Even my thoughts change, feelings change. All objects will change in time. I realize that being-ness does not know time, space, or objects. Just like your memories perceive no time, space or objects around them. If the understanding that being-ness never dies or changes form, what is time compared to being and how we perceive time? When I imagine ‘no time’ then what comes to mind is forever-ness. Yet what is forever-ness compared to time? In time, forever-ness does not exist. Therefore, being-ness as compared to forever-ness cannot travel within the realm of time. Being-ness does not exist on a continuous line of time. Being-ness is forever always there. Being-ness is all there is, all there ever was, and all there will ever be. Conceivably if being-ness is all there ever was then it was before anything at all, even before the universe of all creation. Yet, what were you being before creation? Just Being, to say you were being ‘something’ is to merge with an object and you are not an object.

    Being-ness is the only thing that exists and ever will exist. Everything else is identifying with an object. Fear, pain, and suffering are the misidentification of being-ness to an object outside of pure being-ness. You identify these objects with who you think you are in the ego of will to receive through self-interest, the body, everything in which effects you. Objects (ranging from thoughts, feelings, body, and anything else you can perceive) flow into our lives, show us things about ourselves, and then leave. Being-ness is on going, unchanging or effected, always present in every moment.

    There are many words and understandings to explain this. You could easily use the word: Consciousness or I AM-NESS in the place of Being-ness and get the same result. Hence, what one is meant by: I AM THAT I AM. To say I am love or I am being love is to misunderstand ones true self which is relate-able to no object of emotion or feeling.

    Indeed you hit the nail on the head with this article Desika! :) Thank you for sharing, you are very insightful person, full of wisdom!

    Have a Consciously Flexing day my friend,
    ~Nicholas Powiull @ Conscious Flex

  8. Dear Nicholas,

    You are right! Being is all that there is. Everything appears and dissolves in Being/Consciousness. However, when we say, “we do this or that,” we say it from the level of the mind. Therefore, we say, “I entered the zone” or “I entered my beingness.” We say these things, because we are identified with our body and thoughts, and presume that we are these ideas. But, there is no entering or leaving anything, for Being is all that there is and Being is “I Am” or “I Am That I Am.” That Being expresses itself through various forms. Past and Future meet in the now and that’s where the Being can be felt. What or Who feels it? It is the awareness being aware of itself. This is beyond the mind and concepts and therefore beyond time and space, for these are creations of the mind. Even the memories we have are part of the mind structure and they cannot touch the Being. Just drop one of the events in your past completely from your consciousness and see the emotions and events that were related to that also fall away.

    Thank you very much for your insightful comment and your appreciation.

    Cheers,
    Desika

  9. A beautiful post! “I choose” particularly spoke to me since I have been juggling many tasks for my business for several weeks, which is why I have been absent from the blogosphere.

    Thanks for writing this one!

    Lexi

  10. A beautiful post! “I choose” particularly speaks to me since I have been doing many tasks for my business the past few weeks, which is why I have been missing from the blogosphere.

    Thanks for writing this one!

    Lexi

  12. after a long time i got a fabulous post like this one, the contemplation is really a conception of the whole post. the body is a part of divine is the best thing u wrote! thanks for such posts.