Be, Do, Have

In a recent discussion with a dear friend, we touched on Being and Doing, in the sense of Who We Are. Something that intrigues me about this, is that for what I think is a long time, and without realising it, I was quite confused between the two, and didn't distinguish between doing and being, when I was going through the early parts of the process of defining Who I Am.

Recently I've focussed more on the differences between doing and being, as well as having. It's all stuff that I knew, but not something I sequenced well in my mind, and it took a little video on Richard Kiyosaki's "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" Web site to ring a bell, with a training on the "Be-Do-Have" principle. This concept is also described in the Conversations With God series, and in different ways in other books focussed on creating abundance and reality.

Currently, we are told, we focus on creating our reality in an inefficient manner - namely by thinking in reverse or Have-Do-Be, where if we think we have a thing, then we can use it and add that attribute to our beingness. Meaning that first you have to get the BMW, before you can be the person that has the BMW, but where this leaves most of us is in 'wanting'.

Because we don't have the thing, we want it, so that we can have, use it and experience being with it. The universe in turn, answers all our needs by ensuring that we continue 'wanting' that thing instead of experiencing the 'having-ness' of it. After all, you did say you want it, right? So 'want' is a word coming from lack, or not having. Personally, in my home we have a war against some words we have all been programmed with and "want" is right at the top of the list. (Different words to choose instead of "want" may be : Like, Love, Choose)

The priniciple of Be-Do-Have flows the other way round, that we should rather focus our attention and intention on being a thing, to do it, or act it, and then we will experience the having-ness of it. By acting as if we have that BMW, we attract it to us, to our current reality. This is not some trivial technique to be done half-heartedly, mind you. Belief is key, consistently practice being that thing, whether its something material, or some part of your personality you wish to alter, or a relationship you long to change or heal, you will need to focus on it, with consistency.

In discussing with my Scottish friend, the alternates of Doing and Being, the realisation I now experience, is one of relating more to the journey of life than the goals, thanks to better understanding the relationship between Being and Doing.

Doing is something you are undertaking or endeavouring to achieve, a task, a chore or a grand project, even loving or scolding someone. During the time that you are doing these things, there is another "part" of you, an aspect of you that is experiencing the things you are doing. This aspect, your soul, is Being and it is being Who You Are, in that moment, and in every moment. It is always there, being, whether you ignore it or whether you choose to be conscious of it. It is part of you and longs to be experienced no matter what you are doing.. simply put:

Who or What are you Being, while your Doing?