being and doing duality

I've been reading a lot about....how we as humans...do so much...always doing....

I feel it. I get it....I feel like I'm always busy doing...or if I'm not- I'm thinking of stuff I have to "DO"....freaking "to do" lists....they can run on forever...

but what about just being...

like...that's all you do for a bit.  Just 'be'....be a human being...not a human doing.

just sit and be.....or sit and listen to music....and do nothing.

but what if you can BE and DO at the same time?  what does that category look like?  I like to feel that I'm making this happen...

that I can find a thing that I can do....and then just sink it in and just be...and maybe that is a little pocket of peace...and the perfect efficiency...the duality of being and doing.

for example....painting....painting to produce beauty....and 'do' that....but....also, just simply "be" in it.

or just

cuddling kids...and doing the most important parent things....but just 'being' with them....without a specific "doing" thing that we need to get done.

and...

to just be.


not the best example...but I think you get what I'm getting at...I think there is a beautiful way of being and doing...

and that looks like completely doing what aligns with your being.

too much doing....doing without alignment and doing without purpose....and doing what other people expect of you.....so much doing....is exhausting.

recharging comes from being....and being completely surrounded by love.

You can have love...you can be in love...you can be drenched and soaking in love....you can feel love all around you....

without it coming from...without it being dependent upon another human being.

which is another story all together.

but when we are still...and just 'be'....we can become introspective and feel.  Feel around and figure out what it is we want....

not what we want to DO....sitting still and thinking about all the shit you have to DO is not getting in touch with what you really want to hear about yourself.  it isn't about "DO" ....what do we want to BE

being aligned with what we want to BE, authentically.....brings about a holistic change...a change in thoughts...and words....language...and action....

happiness doesn't have to be a fleeting emotion reactive to something that happened in a flash of a moment that provided input to your brain to be happy about something....

happiness can be a real presence...it can be the way your default setting is....

it can be your warm blanket that you feel nestled in when the world is a crazy place....you have your happiness with you....

your being...your hoping....your embracing.....your grace....your love.  


and then....

be
that.

and your world will start to align to that.....and then the mindful doing will follow.


I've been listening to and reading a cool therapists blog....and he mentions that- you need to know where you want to go.....where do you want to go?  what does that look like?

you have to know what you want....to know how to get there.

and a great way to visualize what you want...and what it looks like...is to just sit...and 'be'.....BE.


be love
be happy
be whole
be authentic
be honest
be quiet


and then.....have focus and speed and make it happen. go after it.

go get it.

get after it.....in a place of grace, love, commitment and foundation....

love is always the answer.

peace and love....

a rose by any other name....

holy crap.

I don't even know where to begin.  there's something very awesome about George Michael's Freedom! 90

so many awesome things....in fact.

you know, first of all...the title....you know...to differentiate between this Freedom and the Wham!'s freedom...so, well....you also know that it is from 1990....not a bad year.

ok, so I'll get right to it.  I'm a linguist.  I'm fascinated with language and communication and mostly.... I am fascinated with the musicality of language...that is but one thing that really interests me...but there are things about language that totally blow me away....

when you stumble on something that light's up your brain...something that you NOTICE....which is the whole point of contrast....is to NOTICE....

you notice something.... you really notice the contrast between that thing and the lack of that thing...
sometimes it isn't completely a "this" vs. "that"....but a "this" vs. "the absence of this"

and try to understand the purpose.....of the contrast.

and the purpose that you think you are discovering isn't even the purpose of the thing at all....beautiful surprises in research.

anyway, as I have not yet touched on what I'm even talking about...I guess I should.  no doubt this topic will be explored by me.

here's the thing....it's about communication without words.

when you look up 'communication without words' -you discover topics on Google, such as- non-verbal communication,

you know...like- gestures with hands, and facial expressions...all these things are paralinguistic...outside of the speech signal.
(just now as I type, a thought forms....research possibilities and the whole 9)

but this isn't what I'm talking about...

what I mean is.....communication with the absence of a speech signal....absence of even paralinguistic input....absent from hand gestures....facial expressions....



what does that mean?

exactly.

the name of whatever I'm talking about...I'm still trying to discover what it is I'm actually talking about...

however...it doesn't mean, it doesn't exist....

this beautiful presence of communication without active, audibly measurable signals... which is just that....

a measurable signal that isn't currently being measured....exists.....and completely overrides the necessity for all other signals...such as tone, voice, lexicon, syntax, non-verbal paralinguistic signals...and all of it.


this kind of communication...

once you have had this....with another brain....when two brains communicate in a way that seems like they are connected directly....

something magical happens.


communication happens.....clear channel happens.  A clear channel with whole knowledge of the message intended.  true understanding.


and is it magical?  or is it the way things should be more like.... which totally brings me to another point..

another blog perhaps....and that is about listening.





peace...and love....and language.....and deeper understandings.....

world in my eyes....

as in....

the depeche mode song....

'let me take you on a trip....around the world and back...and you won't have to move, you just sit still..."

meeting people.....

it's like going on a trip....

some places er...people are like....visiting really sweet destinations....like getting covered in a big warm fluffy blanket.

they make you feel that good.

and some places.....are like....how the hell do I get back to the ferry to go home already? I can't board the plane fast enough....

get me off this island.....


you know?  and sometimes it isn't just....the regular type of thing that is hard to swallow....like....you know...that it just rains every day on their damn island...

some places....adhere to absolutely no consistent and reliable rules...up is down...left is right....blue is red.

and then it's just time to go home.....you gotta call it....because really.....what are you gonna do there?




but yeah, so....some people....

big warm blankets.



peace...and love....and warm blankets.

human beings....

how complicated and weird and wonderful and bizarre....human beings.

anyway...

have you ever noticed how perfect the human hand is?  freaking exquisite....


ever notice the perfection of things that should be appreciated more?   like, air....  and water....


the beautifully simple complexity of life....as we know it...a perfect mechanism of gears working together....



just marveling at the marvelous.


what did you do today?



peace and love....and life....