Being and Doing

Pondering on the above subject of being and doing I realized that there are different “doings” or rather there are similar “doings” that have completely different meaning and effect according to the being. For example, a man can play the guitar and play it well for a long time and that will give him a certain being as a guitarist as much as a musician while another man might pick the guitar up and after playing for only a few weeks, he will sense the effect the music has on him in a way that the other guitarist has never perceived. That is one aspect. The other aspect is that in the first player, the man’s attitude towards the guitar is that of someone “doing” the playing while the second man’s attitude is that of someone that knows that he is playing the guitar but the music is “playing” on him. The difference in “being” of both men is that although the second man doesn’t play the guitar very well he is aware of the quality of the impressions in a way that the other man is not. He does not feel the main actor of the scene, he allows the music to be the real agent and act on his own self as much as others. He is not as self-centred as the first player and that completely changes “everything” for the men as much as the energies in the universe that feed on these phenomenon. Although the more professional player might know how to make more sounds the beginner probably has greater experiences of beauty because he allows for the music to be without letting his own self interfere with it.

Thank you for sharing.


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