Come to think of it, I really appreciate the idea of living and working as a human being. On the one hand, our minds strive for permanence and certainty, constructing mansions of self, a "me" that is unchanging and eternal. On the other hand, ancient contemplative practice and contemporary neuroscience view this effort as illusory, even harmful. Being, as in the present participle of be, feels more like an ongoing process of existence. It is movement, it is fleeting, it is the here and now, it is flow of energy, it is impermanent. Through practice, we can cultivate our interior capacity to show up in our best being in the external world. What else can we do?
Living-Working-Being.
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