{"id":249,"date":"2017-03-21T12:29:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T16:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/lochkelly\/?p=249"},"modified":"2017-03-21T12:29:47","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T16:29:47","slug":"effortless-action-doing-from-being","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lochkelly\/effortless-action-doing-from-being\/","title":{"rendered":"Effortless Action: Doing from Being"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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There is a Chinese term called wu wei<\/em>, which can be translated as \u201cspontaneity\u201d or \u201ceffortless action.\u201d Wu wei does not mean passively waiting around, but actively recognizing that spontaneous action is already occurring, without being conducted by an ego-identified \u201cdoer.\u201d Being is always already naturally here, but we aren\u2019t yet wired to function from Being. Functioning from Being means interacting, responding, and creating from a panoramic flow state where we feel free of self-centeredness and ego-identification, yet retain full access to our memory and learned skills. Most of us who aren\u2019t living in a monastery or cave\u2014or who aren\u2019t meditating most of the day\u2014must find a balance between doing and letting be. Therefore, we need to learn how to function in the world without going back to the doer. Awake awareness as the ground of Being has intentionality and the ability to choose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The discovery of the\u00a0intentionality of open-hearted awareness enable us to trust the spontaneous action that arises from Being. In order to move from abiding to stabilizing, and from stabilizing to expressing, we need to learn the paradoxical dance of doing from Being. Ultimately, doing from Being is much easier and more comfortable than acting from our overwhelmed and frightened ego-identification. The more we act from the ground of Being instead of ego-identification, the easier it gets. Eventually, acting from Being becomes the new habit and happens by itself.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For more information about Doing from Being, see Loch\u2019s book and audio of meditations, Shift Into Freedom<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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