[Insight] Being and doing are not opposites

[Eric Tarpall]

You can be while you do. And that's a good thing because if you focus on what you're doing you're more effective at what you're doing. And you enjoy it more. I think the happiest human being is always busy and productive but it doesn't feel like work to him. Or to her. 

Edited February 9, 2019 by Eric Tarpall

[allislove]

Interesting.  I resonate with your insight. You can wash plates and be mindful.

But once one wise man told me: "Never forget that all doing is keeping us from being."
Interesting, what he meant?

Probably, the meanings attached to "doing" are completely different in these insights. 

[TheAvatarState]

@Eric Tarpall in a way it is, because "doing" implies subject/object duality, while "being" implies one-ness and unity. But these are two qualitatively different terms. You can be with or without doing, and you can do with or without being. They're not mutually exclusive, they're not related, which means they can't be "opposites."

Here's an insight: "Being" adds a wonderful flavor to "doing" (as you mentioned), but "doing" adds nothing to "being." Hmmmmm. 

[Anton Rogachevski]

The enlightened one does many things, while not doing anything at all.

[Nahm]

@Eric Tarpall ??

It’s just mind. 

[Eric Tarpall]

8 hours ago, TheAvatarState said:

"doing" adds nothing to "being."

I don't know. I enjoy movement more than stillness usually. If I can choose to stare at a picture of a waterfall for 1 hour or look at a 1 hour video of a moving waterfall, I would choose the video. Or actually go to a real waterfall for 1 hour that would be even better. 

7 hours ago, Anton Rogachevski said:

The enlightened one does many things, while not doing anything at all.

You mean like baking eggs while jerking off? 

[lmfao]

@Eric Tarpall Action in the spirit of non-action my friend, its a beautiful thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_wei

The thing is, for every waking moment of our lives existence/reality/(our consciousness) is in a state we did nothing to create. If the past and feature don't really exist, then all we live in is an uncaused present moment.  I am just not "aware" of this fact most of the time. And the extent to which we are aware of this fact is the extent to which life and existence feels effortless and amazing.