Being vs Becoming: You Can't Have It Both Ways - Replay of OM School Live
0"Everyone wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die." - Unknown\n\nWe live in a world of constant change. Indeed change, innovation, the latest version, newness, novelty is heralded with great anticipation when announced and celebrated when it arrives.\n\nEvery self-help product on the planet promises some sort of transformation. Nobody wants things to stay the same... unless we do.\n\nSometimes the stars do align and everything is going swimmingly and we just don't want anything to change. Other times nothing is going according to plan and we can't wait to get on with it. In other words, give me change when I don't like right now and don't touch it when I do.\n\nIf only I could control things so well that they were always the way I wanted them to be... sigh...\n\nAll this conversation is concerned with BECOMING. Even the desire for a stable state, in which all is unicorns and rainbows, is part of the becoming disposition. But, if you haven't noticed, getting anything to sit still and not change has been an impossible feat. We do keep trying but, shouldn't the constant failure to keep things the same (which we have been at for literally thousands of years) be enough to at least suggest that it "ain't nevah gonna happen."\n\nBut what about BEING? the verb "to be":\n\nI am\nHe, she, it is\nWe, they, you are\n\nBeing has nothing to do with becoming. We often confuse the two so much that, when some desired state or condition does arise we say "I AM." \n\nI am a lawyer\nI am a therapist\nI am an engineer\nI am a singer\nI am a spiritual teacher\n\nThe list of things for which I have said "I am this" is quite long and none are still true. So there is a hint we may want to pay attention to.\n\nIf it is at all a temporary state, should I actually say "I am?"\n\nOk let me cut to the chase....\n\nClick here for the whole blog https://www.gpwalsh.com/post/being-vs-becoming