Doing And Being
Echkart Tolle has stated that every human being has an inner purpose and an outer purpose. According to Mr. Tolle, our inner purpose is “being” and our outer purpose is “doing”. Along similar lines, Mother Theresa once said something to the effect that “the west is materially rich (from doing) but spiritually poor (from not being)”. I’m on-board with these related insights because I’ve realized them through personal experience. How about you?
A problem that I see with western cultures is that most people have their self worth totally fused with “doing”, while “being” is often disdained, looked down upon, and interpreted as sloth/laziness. There is no balance, and I’m one of those unabalanced (lol!) people. Do I have “factual evidence” to back this up? Of course not. I’m not a world renowned expert and I only speak from personal experience. Plus, I like to make stuff up.
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I out culture doing is equated to getting stuff. Getting stuff (cars, LCDs, iPhones…) is part of our being. So with our more or big is better media driven society getting more stuff equates to a better being. Since our society has pulled away from fraternal organizations, bowling teams (Bowling Alone by Robert Putman), etc. Doing has been narrowed to working and person self worth through that.
Good point Ray. Maybe the post should have talked about three states: doing, acquiring, and being.