Orange says: Humans are such a contradiction! They call themselves Human BE-ings, yet they spend almost every moment of their lives as Human DO-ings and Human HAVE-ings! Does anyone even remember what it means to simply BE? Do YOU? Tell me!
Our Busy World: Does Anyone Even Understand What it Means to Simply BE?
7 years ago in #zappl by denmarkguy (78)
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The closet thing I feel you get to become " just to be" is when you accept you and your surroundings. Just to be there. When I truly get into a flow, where time and concerns are pulled from my conscious for a moment:)
Look yourself in the mirror, it does not fake anything. It always shows the real face of you.
I think I have the strongest sense of "just being" when I am doing wood carving. Sadly, I don't do it very often!
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I get that same feeling from being outside doing nature photography, and I get it from painting mandalas on rocks... it's extremely meditative and peaceful. But-- like you-- I don't do these things as often as I'd like to.
Is Zappl a good place for just being? - isn't it a sort of twitter thing?
@zappl is like the Steemit front end app that's equivalent to twitter... you get 256 characters as I recall, and a photo.
I've been working on ways to increase community engagement... and recently been experimenting with zappl as a way to just ask questions (that don't require a lot of elaboration and explanation) that will get people involved; get them to engage.
It's sort of a change of format-- my average post here tends to be in the region of 500-600 words... a lot of people don't want to READ that, so I'm looking at alternatives... not as a permanent solution, but as something to mix into my usual stream of content.
"You see, folks, we're all trying to please someone else. And as soon as you're not a human be-ing, you're a human do-ing. Then what comes next?"
Brad Goodman, self-help guru
Bart Simpson, self-help critic:
"A human go-ing!"
"Bart's Inner Child" is the seventh episode of Season 5.
Super intelligent post, thank you for taking the time to create and share. love to read you post.but these kind of posts do make it easier, followed and upvoted.
Drop the mic?
Bravo Orange cat. Well said.
BE there for somebody
BE there if you could help somebody
BE there for just BE there!
No meanings attached, JUST BE; that is so precious.
Beautiful cat! :))
Cats know how to just be for sure!
To Be..
or not to be.
Learning just to BE is a journey onto its self. Learning to slow down and smell the roses along the way. I think in today's world it is difficult to find your way. To many external factors vie for your attention. We are too dependant on our electronic gadgets to keep us connected. When was the last time you had a genuine face to face converstaion with someone without checking your smart phone for updates and messages?
really makes you think............
This cat is killing me haha
Yeah just being is the one thing we can't do unless we slow down. I am planning my second yoga trip to India right now to do exactly that. BE. I recently moved to Seattle from L.A to slow down but I'm originally from Greece and I've been on this path for almost 5 years now (yoga, spirituality) and my whole life has transformed. If you are interested in yoga or how to make physical pain go away feel free to check my posts. Have a wonderful day @denmarkguy :-) You are upvoted and followed
I try to just be but there are so many flowers to paint! lololol
I am exploring the bot ecosystem tipu! .05
I used to be a human-being.
Now I'm a human-steeming!
Doing is emphasized so much more than Being in western culture even if that doing is not in anyway meaningful. When I think of Being I think of living in the moment and not getting so caught up about what may happen in the future.
Personally I have found trying to BE more relaxing and less stressful. I can definitely learn how to BE more often.
I labored under the illusion of eternally "doing" and chasing the almighty formula for success until I was about 30... then I got more of a clue and slowed down to consider what truly mattered to ME, independently of external measures of success.