"To be or not to be, that is the question" Shakespeare Being, noun, "the state or quality of having existence" (thedictionary.
com), present-participle verb, Be-ing (dictionary.
com) Recently I thought about a concept which was explained to me by my father in law.
In turn, it was taught to him by his father.
The concept was simple, and it centered on action as the path to learning, change, evolution, being.
We "are" in the moment we move toward something or someone.
We exist in action.
According to The Free Dictionary, a Human Being or Homo Sapiens is "any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage".
We call ourselves Human Beings; that is the name of our species, but only by dissecting those words we may begin to comprehend who we really are, and what we really need.
We stood up, we made connections, we created tools, we expressed complex thoughts and emotions through physical mediums; we developed.
All the things we have accomplished are the result of action, movement, change.
But it seems we are still caught by surprise when we find that these elements are what make us human.
It seems we are constantly trying to stop or slow down change, refrain from movement and find excuses to take actions.
If we stop acting, what would that mean for our humanity, if we do not act, move, change, are we still "being"? Even for Shakespeare's Hamlet the question of "being" involved a decision to act or not to act.
The choice not to act goes against our nature, even when it means risks and sacrifice.
The alternative to action and "being" is to remain in a space of doubt, continued questioning and rest.
A place in which we "are not", since we "do not".
"I think, therefore I am" Descartes "Being" in action is the process of moving forward from the abstract idea into the physical manifestation of that idea.
Indeed, as we have said before, it is through the human consciousness that we find awareness of the self, however, to "be", thought needs, essentially, to be put aside.
The realm of the mind and the self needs to give way to the realm of the body; and the actions that, through our bodies, we can accomplish.
Our thoughts may be the effect of our existence, nevertheless, for our existence to have true value and meaning we must be willing to participate in the everyday.
This does not happen in absence of action and change.
This does not happen when the mind that is conscious of its body's existence does not compel this body to act.
com), present-participle verb, Be-ing (dictionary.
com) Recently I thought about a concept which was explained to me by my father in law.
In turn, it was taught to him by his father.
The concept was simple, and it centered on action as the path to learning, change, evolution, being.
We "are" in the moment we move toward something or someone.
We exist in action.
According to The Free Dictionary, a Human Being or Homo Sapiens is "any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae characterized by superior intelligence, articulate speech, and erect carriage".
We call ourselves Human Beings; that is the name of our species, but only by dissecting those words we may begin to comprehend who we really are, and what we really need.
We stood up, we made connections, we created tools, we expressed complex thoughts and emotions through physical mediums; we developed.
All the things we have accomplished are the result of action, movement, change.
But it seems we are still caught by surprise when we find that these elements are what make us human.
It seems we are constantly trying to stop or slow down change, refrain from movement and find excuses to take actions.
If we stop acting, what would that mean for our humanity, if we do not act, move, change, are we still "being"? Even for Shakespeare's Hamlet the question of "being" involved a decision to act or not to act.
The choice not to act goes against our nature, even when it means risks and sacrifice.
The alternative to action and "being" is to remain in a space of doubt, continued questioning and rest.
A place in which we "are not", since we "do not".
"I think, therefore I am" Descartes "Being" in action is the process of moving forward from the abstract idea into the physical manifestation of that idea.
Indeed, as we have said before, it is through the human consciousness that we find awareness of the self, however, to "be", thought needs, essentially, to be put aside.
The realm of the mind and the self needs to give way to the realm of the body; and the actions that, through our bodies, we can accomplish.
Our thoughts may be the effect of our existence, nevertheless, for our existence to have true value and meaning we must be willing to participate in the everyday.
This does not happen in absence of action and change.
This does not happen when the mind that is conscious of its body's existence does not compel this body to act.