Doing vs Being

Sometimes we have to go back to basics in our daily practices. To focus on meditation, visualisation, prayer and affirmations. There are times when 'being' has to be the priority and sometimes when 'doing' has to be the priority.

I am just reading 'Neville', the great spiritual and metaphysical teacher Neville Goddard. There are many resources to his material, including recorded talks from the 50s and 60s. Just Ask Jeeves and I know you will find the perfect resource for Neville's teachings. The reason I am telling you is that his words have reminded me of the basics of creation.

The conscious creates the ideas and the thoughts, the seeds for all creation. The subconscious provides the creative medium, the womb of all creation. The feelings provide the power of creation, the food and nutrition for the growth to eventual manifestation. This is the short version of creation so succinctly written by Neville. When we read this at first it seems like it is all a matter of sitting comfortably and visualising what we want, going into deep meditation and allowing the subconscious to go to work. Then to feel the feelings that we need to fuel the creative process.

So where is the doing? Within this process there are many points at which we will be guided, sometimes gently, sometimes with a kick in our seat, to action. It may be that we feel guided to go to a particular place or read a certain book. We over hear the same thing mentioned several times and decided to investigate more or we hit an invisible wall in trying to move forward in a way we had imagined and are forced into a rethink. What ever way we are called to action, as the Buddha said, "No amount of sitting at the bottom of a mountain in meditation will get you to the top."

We live in the material world, and as often as I wish that I could spend all my day in contemplation, meditation, prayer and visualisation I know that if I don't plan classes, evaluate venues, write news letters and send out invites I will not be paying my bills at the end of the month.

Even though certain elements of life take precedent at certain times, this is the natural ebb and flow of life. The more we can live in harmony, using the action steps of doing and the metaphysical steps of being, in balance with each other we can create the most magnificent life and maintain it with ease and grace.

Today I trust my intuitive nature to guide me to harmony between being and doing. I honour my time for both with equal value. I give great thanks for all magnificence that I have in my life.