by: Richard Blackstone
There is a lot of spirituality information out there talking about what you need to do to advance your spiritual growth but it is actually more important to focus on what you are “being” more than on what you are doing.
A human being is the label that we have attached to ourselves as we reside on this beautiful planet that we call earth. We had to describe ourselves in some fashion so that we could distinguish ourselves from all the other entities that occupy this planet with us.
We call ourselves humans as a label to distinguish us from a cow or an eagle or a tiger or, my favorite, a dog (God spelled backwards). Just as these are cow beings and eagle beings and tiger beings and dog beings, we are human beings. We are not human doings. We are human beings.
The difference between us, as human beings, and all the other living entities that we share this planet with, is that they are not able to use thoughts in the same manner that we do. This is not to say that they don't have thoughts, but our observations tell us that the human being is the only life form that can use those thoughts to analyze and quantify our beingness.
When we observe a dog or a cat or any other animal we see them being a dog or a cat or whatever. They don't have to think about being a dog or a cat. They just are a dog or a cat and that is what they are being. A bird doesn't have to think about flying. A bird flies. That is part of its beingness.
The beingness of a non-human is to act in accordance with its nature. The beingness of a human is to use thoughts to create whatever he or she desires. Humans use thoughts to create the beingness of their nature that will fulfill the intention of what they choose to be.
It is a beingness thing, not a doingness thing. This is a critical concept in defining who we are and it is important to know the distinction between being and doing.
What you will come to understand very clearly as we proceed into this book is that your doingness is a function of who you are being. In other words, your beingness creates your doingness.
This is a critical point in your awakening. It is important to understand the concept that your beingness creates your doingness. That is why there is so much frustration and turmoil in the world today. Most people are real concerned about what they are doing and not giving a thought about who they are being.
When you wake up and start living life more consciously, you become more concerned with, and start concentrating on, who you are being and less concerned with what you are doing. You realize that by putting your conscious efforts into who you are being you will ultimately determine what you end up doing.
And why is that? Because your beingness creates your doingness.
That is why the title of this article is “Be What Serves You” instead of “Do What Serves You.” By being what serves you, you will put yourself in alignment with who you desire to be and then trust and understand that your doingness will spring from that.
You are a human being not a human doing, so we are going to place our emphasis on our beingness. Even though we have labeled ourselves as human beings and that is how we define ourselves, I need to tell you once again that that is not who we really are.
The label “human being” is too limiting to describe who we really are. When you describe yourself as a human being you get a vision of yourself as a humanoid body. At surface value that vision includes a being that can think and make decisions. So our initial description is a physical body with the nonphysical ability to think.
That is how most people would characterize themselves if they were ever asked to define what it means to be a human being. Most people are conditioned to believe that they are a body and a mind.
But in actuality we are a three-part being made up of mind, body and spirit. Most people have heard this description of the human life form. Your spiritual growth requires you to go into depth about this amazing triad being that we really are.
Are you ready to grow spiritually? For now, just begin the self inquiry concerning your relationship to your spirit? Do you have a deep mutual respect for your spirit or do you hardly know about your spirit at all?
Your assignment today is to continue to ask yourself this question today and see what the answer is.
