20110115 OMW: Doing Vs Being

[Kasia]

OMW - Jan 15, 2011 - Doing Vs Being

Channeled by Troy Tolley

 

Michael:
Hello to each of you. We are here.

We will share what we can in the context of "Doing Vs Being" as Troy has titled this exchange. The emphasis in this exchange will be on your Centering, and your Part of Centering, as well as a quick assessment of yourself and your relationship to your life, and then some solutions or tools for fulfilling your intentions.

 

First, it is to be understood that no fragment is without all Centers. There are 7 Primary Centers, which correlate to what you may know as the 7 Chakras.

 

There are more Chakras/Centers beyond these 7, but they are not developed enough during a Physical Incarnation to be of any practical use as a tool, though they are used and active.

 

Those Centers/Chakras beyond the 7 come into more relevant play in Higher Planes.

 

Though Chakra and Center are interchangeable terms for the most part, we will point out that CENTER is very different in meaning than CHAKRA.

 

A Chakra describes the vortex of energy that acts as a kind of medium, gateway, or filter for certain energies.

 

A Center describes your "Center of Gravity," or how your particular Personality has learned to function, be balanced, and navigate through a lifetime.

 

The correlations between Centers and Chakras and the Overleaves can get confusing for some students, but there is a consistent correlation that we will not have to get into today.

 

As the soul ages, the emphasis over the lifetimes moves from Doing to Being.

 

This is not an easy experience to have while in a Young-Mature World.

 

What tends to happen for the older soul in this paradigm is an internal conflict between that Being and Doing.

 

The internal conflict is a begrudging attitude toward the demands of DOING, while walling up, protecting, and nurturing a rather fragile and unstable sense of BEING.

 

[Brian_W] Michael, could you briefly describe your definitions for "Being" and "Doing" to ensure we are all on the same page?

 

Michael:
Yes, we will define BEING as a state of self-acceptance, and DOING as the action that manifests/represents BEING.

 

For many of you, there can often be a disconnect between those two qualities so that you are DOING and BEING in very separate or managed dimensions.

 

There are four Qualities of State that every fragment must exist within while on any Plane: DOING, BEING, HAVING, and KNOWING. These correspond to the Axes. Though the focus here is between Being and Doing, we will bring Having and Knowing into the equations that we may share for insight. Before the Old Soul cycles off, it will have found a way to bring resolution to the division between Doing and Being, regardless of any environment, imprinting, society, etc. That resolution can only come from the Integrity that develops between Doing and Being.

 

When that resolution comes, there is very little difference between Doing and Being.

 

The first step, then, is developing the Integrity, which is simply another word for developing Honesty, or bringing in The Truth as the bridge between those two states.

 

Two additional developments MUST be brought into the equation for bridging two Qualities of State at some point: LOVE, and BEAUTY/Energy.

 

In other words, every Quality of State will eventually find union/bridging through Truth, Love, and Energy.

 

And put another way: it is only through the development of Truth, Love, Energy that one can bring Integrity, Pleasure, and Harmony to what one IS, what one HAS, what one DOES, and what one KNOWS.

 

Until there is conscious development of those building blocks of your universe, applied to the building blocks of YOU, those Qualities of State are usually imbalanced, with one or two over-emphasized while one or more neglected.

 

Though each building block is always in effect, it will almost always be through TRUTH that one gets started.

 

In this case of Doing VS Being, then, the first step would be in assessing with as much honesty as possible just how closely those two states are in your life.

 

Is what you DO representative of what you ARE?

 

Is what you ARE nurtured by what you DO?

 

For most of our students, we would say that approximately 25% of the life that is ACTION/DOING actually represents BEING, and that the sense of BEING is starving, so to speak, because the DOING is not nurturing/feeding BEING.

 

This does NOT mean that because you work in a factory and are an Old Soul, then you are not representing your Old Soulness, or that your interest in the latest fashion does nothing for your Old Soulness.

 

This does NOT mean that because you meditate every morning, do yoga at night, and smile pleasantly with pretty thoughts all day that you are honestly representing your Old Soulness, either.

 

So the key here is not in WHAT you Do, but HOW and WHY you Do.

 

The WHAT of your Doing is inherent in the Doing, but the HOW and WHY is the color and meaning of the What.

 

We realize we are throwing out various familiar terms in correspondences that may be confusing, so we will share that now, so you can copy it, and refer to it as we continue:

 

BEING = Inspirational Axis = Emotional Centering = WHO
DOING = Action Axis = Moving Center = WHAT
HAVING = Expression Axis = Intellectual Center = HOW
KNOWING = Assimilative = Neutral/Instinctive Center = WHY

 

One does not have to be DOING the obvious or the cliche as a means to represent BEING, or to have Integrity between the two.

 

The key is in the Honesty between the Being and Doing, which means how much of YOU is there in what you DO.

 

Because YOU are a spectrum, or because your Being is a spectrum, "YOU" will always be in what you DO, so the question must be even more specific: how much of the True You, True Personality, is in what you DO.

 

Here is where things get interesting.

 

Because YOU are in everything you DO, and because the universe is built from Truth, Love, Energy, it is impossible for your Actions to betray your Being.

 

This is not to say that your Actions represent your True Being, but that they ALWAYS represent your Being. In some way.

 

Everything you DO is to serve BEING.

 

This means that even the most begrudging, routine, tedious, and terrifying tasks that you take on are somehow representing some part of your Being.

 

So the process of bringing Integrity to bridge your Being and Doing is the process of examining exactly how what you are DOING NOW represents you now, so that you know just how far you have to go in bringing resolution.

 

The way to do this is to ask yourself: HOW and WHY DO I DO WHAT I DO?

 

This question can be contextualized so that you ask this in the various contexts of your life.

 

HOW do I do my job? WHY do I do my job?

 

HOW do I manage this relationship? WHY am I in this relationship?

 

Or to keep the wording consistent: HOW do I do this relationship? Why do I do this relationship?

 

This questioning can extend into areas that seem to lack Doing, as well:

 

HOW do I NOT do a relationship? WHY do I NOT do a relationship?

 

Asking the HOW and the WHY of your DOING gives you feedback as to where you are with yourself, and thus gives you some indication as to your current sense of BEING.

 

To start this line of questioning, we would suggest looking at the most problematic and the most pleasant ends of your life.

 

Before we move on, we will open the floor to discussion about what we have shared so far, starting with a question to each of you about how his line of questioning might work for you.

 

There is no need for a queue.

*****FLOOR OPEN******

 

[Geraldine] I'm in a fairly content and balanced state right now -- my doing is in balance with my being to a large extent -- I was much more chaotic when younger. I feel that I'm comfortable in my Old Soul late years post-5th IM.

 

Michael:
GERALDINE- we would agree with your assessment. The areas where your Doing and Being remain incongruent are specific to when your Doing is Reactionary, rather than Responsive.

 

One way of understanding DOING as a spectrum can be through polarities of RESPONSE/ACTION vs IRRESPONSIBLE/REACTION.

 

[Brian_W] Michael, I wanted to ask questions on how do I study for my important exam, how do I get into a relationship with a young woman that has recently caught my attention, why am I too generous with time and money, but I think the root of it comes down to: "Why don't I have sustained self-confidence in myself and my abilities?"

 

[Brian_W] Instead of asking "how can I piece my family back together," perhaps I should be asking "why do I feel it is my personal responsibility to piece my family back together, when it seems the others only want to fight"

Michael:
BRIAN - asking the specific questions of DOING when asking your question will help bring some clarity. For instance:

 

"HOW do I help heal my family?" and "WHY do I help heal my family?" This would help reveal insights that can help you then to make decisions reflective of your True Being.

 

[Brian_W] and for my upcoming exam?

 

Michael: Start with the question that might reveal the most insight. In this, it might be the WHY.

 

[Brian_W] why do I procrastinate and allow myself to become distracted...

 

Michael: Brian, we will suggest the means for your own lines of questioning, using an example, but it would be your responsibility to continue that questioning into other areas. If our example is not clear, we will help to clarify, but we cannot and will not do the extended work, of course.

 

[Brian_W] ok

 

[Diane_H] Brian, the bigger question might be: "why are you taking this class?"

Michael:
Asking yourself "HOW do I study for an upcoming exam?" and "WHY do I study for an upcoming exam?" can shed light on the Integrity there may be, not be, between your Doing and Being. And then you would recalibrate your choices and actions from there.

 

Your first line of questioning would be in the questioning of the HOW and WHY of NOW.

 

[Brian_W] Diane, that one I believe at least began with what Michael has referred to as "the search," and I will have to ask for later clarification on that, as it is true, but I often feel like I'm trying to search for an unknown object in the dark. I know it exists, but nothing else of it

 

Michael: BACK TO BRIAN - the rest of your questions can be addressed in the same way: HOW do I get into a relationship with a woman? WHY do I get into a relationship with a woman? Both being asked in the context of NOW.

 

[Brian_W] Could you explain what you mean by "the context of NOW?"

 

Michael:
This would reveal your motivations and your methods, so that you may then alter them to be more reflective of your True Being.

 

"The context of NOW" would be literal. NOW.

 

[Brian_W] oh, okay

 

Michael:
In the case of your seeking a relationship to a woman that you do not already have a relationship with, you would be asking of your NOW in the sense of your what your experiences have been up to NOW.

 

HOW do I get into a relationship with a woman is asked not as an instructional question, but as an assessment.

 

As in: how have I got into relationships, up to now? Why have I got into relationships, up to now?

 

Or to keep the wording consistent: how do I get into relationships, up to now? etc.

 

HOW and WHY do I get into relationships?

 

[Brian_W] the HOW is a very good question, the WHY, ... thankfully the answer to that is starting to shift

 

Michael: Let this first line of questioning be revealing and insightful before the more instructional questioning.

 

[Brian_W] ok, thank you Michael

 

Michael:
In your case, it might be that the HOW and the WHY might be answered as "HOW I do relationships is eagerly," and "WHY I do relationships is because I want to feel special, loved, and important."

 

Of course, you may have your own responses, but if these were your responses, then you would want to ask if those are honestly reflective of your BEING.

 

The honesty here is VITAL.

 

We cannot emphasize this enough.

 

[Brian_W] Does it all tie back into my self-dep and self-confidence issues? It seems to be the one thing that I am hearing almost screaming into my ears on this one

 

Michael:
And by honesty here, we mean that if the answer is YES to the question, then that is not a bad or wrong answer, even if you wish it were not true.

 

If the answer is "YES, I own the fact that my Being right now is eager to be loved, wanted, special, and important to someone, anyone," then that is far more Integrity than the denying of that.

 

And this is key. For every one of you. By HONEST, by INTEGRITY, we do not mean wishful thinking, or idealizing your responses.

 

In this case for you, Brian, if the honest answer were yes to the question of integrity, then you have brought yourself to a state of self-acceptance that transforms your BEING toward a wholeness that would never come from your denying your current state of being.

 

That Integrity then carries forth into your Doing, and the very act of your accepting those current qualities in the self helps to alleviate your emphasis on someone else having to do that work of accepting you, because you now have the foundation.

 

We think we have responded enough to help bring some insight to the questions you may ask of yourself, and will move on to respond to others.

 

[Brian_W] thank you

 

[Diane_H] I ask myself "why" all the time about the big picture stuff (like why do I want to have a healing practice), but when I look at it, there are many smaller things I do in fear mode. And the "how" of what I'm doing seems to be more confused than anything else. I waver between expressing and hiding.

Michael:
DIANE - we would say that the fearful undertones to some of your actions within your fulfilling more of your Being are because of some of the lesser-beautiful motivations that you have not fully embraced.

 

And this goes back to what we just shared with Brian: that your answers do not have to be beautiful, noble, or glamorous; they need only be honest.

 

"WHY do I have a healing practice" might actually include the response, "because I am more important than I was led to believe I am, and I want to share that importance in a way that proves it."

 

We SUGGEST our responses to prompt your own, but we are not doing the work for any of you. We say this so that you do not presume we are reading something concrete to you. These are merely suggestions; relevant, but not conclusive.

 

[Diane_H] Wow, ok

 

[Diane_H] I was thinking of embracing the fact that I want to be self-sufficient, ie. make money doing it.

 

Michael: What happens when one does not include the lesser-beautiful aspects of honesty is that those remain like cracks in the foundation of our fulfillments. They will constantly need tending, covering, repair, and monitoring, and this can be exhausting.

 

[Diane_H] I hear ya

 

Michael:
Yes, Diane, and the lesser-beautiful parts of your honesty in the WHY can help in securing the HOW.

 

For instance, if one wants to use one's healing skills as a means of self-sufficiency, but one has not embraced the lesser-beautiful motivations behind the intention, then that degree of instability is built into the foundation of fulfillment.

 

So the foundation of fulfillment, or the DOING, will be reflective of the BEING AS IT IS.

 

[Diane_H] Way to poke holes in my Arrogance, I like it.

 

Michael:
Keep in mind that the lesser-beautiful is alongside the beautiful. To embrace either to the exclusion of the other would be to build upon shaky foundations.

 

So to return to DIANE specifically, it is not that your only motivation is of lesser-beauty, but that it is fair and honest to own every part of your motivation.

 

[Diane_H] So is it accurate to say that whatever we'd like to do, accepting our "higher" or "lower" intentions is the key to fulfillment, and doing it regardless of what imprinting, society, outside forces say otherwise?

 

Michael:
Diane, you have just described the difference between True Peace, and True Defense.

 

If your life is motivated by "in spite of," or "despite," or "regardless of," etc, then your motivation is laced with defense. However, the key to the peace is in allowing that, letting that simply be a part of the equation, not something to rise above and escape or make up for.

 

[Diane_H] Ah, ok

 

Michael: TO ALL OF YOU: In short, NO PERSONALITY or ESSENCE has completely noble reasons for what to DO. EVER.

 

[AnnH] lol!!
 

[Diane_H] :)
 

[Martha3] for sure!
 

[Brian_W] hehe, ah, blind idealism for the fail
 

[AnnH] (this realist has always suspected that)
 

[Martha3] I know that is true for me
 

[Geraldine] Well, I know we have "what's in it for me" beneath everything -- didn't realize Essence was similar :)

 

Michael:
By "noble," we mean that there is no such thing as selflessness, sacrifice, or any other of the positive poles of the Chief Features, which are held as indicators that one is somehow "higher" in intentions.

 

We can say this because, as we have said in many instances regarding the nature of "higher" and "positive," that the higher or more positive the pole or intention, the greater its capacity for including the lower and negative.

 

[Diane_H] Interesting

 

Michael:
The lower or more negative, the more investment in exclusive, conclusive, and/or elusive.

 

Higher is a sphere, where as Lower is a bowl.

 

[Martha3] I like that, good image for understanding

 

Michael: If you can see positive/higher, and lower/negative in those terms, it can help you to see how the movement through life is either a constant emphasis on the fear not to spill what one has put in the bowl, or the confidence in the embrace of whatever is collected and homogenized in the sphere.

 

[Geraldine] Life is a blender
 

[Maureen] :)
 

[Maureen] ribitt
 

[AnnH] This is ringing a lot of bells!
 

[Martha3] yep

 

Michael:
Even the Transcendental and Infinite in your history found their way toward representing their Entity or Tao by embracing the totality of their Being and Doing, and building upon that, not in spite of, because of, regardless of, or despite.

 

The one who is referred to as Buddha built upon his ignorance and naivety, his sheltered and privileged life, using it as a means of contrast and choice, rather than as a showcase for shame and guilt as fuel.

 

So, Diane, if you look to the darker motivations of your intent for providing healing, you would find more room for light in your progress, if you will.

 

[Diane_H] Got it, thank you.

 

Michael: This would resolve your divide between expressing and hiding, because you will not have shame or pride to hide.

 

[AnnH] I am content with my finances and security. My intent is to finish my novel this year, but where I have conflict is WHY I do do (I think). I'm conflicted between doing because I choose to and for my job. Being judged. Also problems with the HOW. (I am also content with how I'm approaching losing weight)

Michael:
ANN - we think that you have gained insight from the responses to others, but we can say some things to you directly regarding your comments.

 

First, the HOW of your writing your novel is not a mystery: you simply must DO it.

 

It is the WHY that holds you back. Asking the question of WHY in the Now, even if speculative, is insightful.

 

"WHY do I write this novel?" may help you to not only focus the content of the novel, but give you satisfaction in the fulfillment.

 

This WHY has many answers, and it is from those answers that you can either stand them all together, or choose one that feels the most motivating.

 

Your WHY has answers that we can suggest as: "Because I can." or "Because I want to." or "Because it would be the most personal and meaningful representation of my doing something that is entirely for and from myself."

 

We think there is insight in the last suggestion.

 

[AnnH] yes

 

Michael:
For the most part, many of your WHYs of life have been answers like "because I have to," or "because I need to," or "because I'm expected to," or "just because," or any other number of responses that leave your part of the equation as the most passive part.

 

Writing your novel would be the single, most representative DOING that reflects everything about your BEING that you know is true of you, and the most proactive, active part of an equation you may ever have felt.

 

The fears that undermine your actions are related to the fears of what you may find out about yourself in the process, but those fears are natural and only seeking to protect you from activating an equation that contradicts every other equation that has worked "just fine" for you.

 

[AnnH] When I read that I keep thinking, ah, finally, then I'll be left alone

 

Michael:
Ann, that is insightful: it means that part of your Integrity would include the honesty that you are motivated, in part, by the craving to escape the confines of routine and authority that does not support your Being.

 

Or rather, your sense of True Being. Of course, it DOES already support your Being, but only a part of it.

 

For you, Ann, you are the only reason you would not finish your novel, and you are the only reason it will be finished. This is a terrifying process of owning your life in a way that means it is ALL UP TO YOU. And however resentful of your routines you may have come to be, they reflect the part of your Being that does not mind others being available for blame and cause.

 

[AnnH] ouch, yes

 

Michael: Owning that, first, is the acceptance of that darker part of the Being that is there, so that you can get on with the business of being more than that.

 

[Bobbbi3] Much of what I enjoy DOING for myself might appear to be escapist to some. And DOING for others is still rewarding after all these years.

 

[Bobbbi3] Rephrasing: Why do I find so much pleasure in escapism (sleep, dvd's, tv, novels) and also in DOING for others?

 

Michael: BOBBI - you have worked hard to embrace the darker aspects of your motivations and your Being over time, and the very same things that worked to fulfill your need for escapism are now the very things that fulfill your more adventurous, exploratory, and curious self that was always there.

 

[Bobbbi3] How so?

 

Michael: You moved through a state of honesty with the self that has brought integrity to your choices, so that now, for the most part, if you choose these "escapist" activities or non-activities, you choose them because you want to, not because you need to.

 

[Bobbbi3] They seem to bring True Peace.

 

Michael: There is a fine line between ESCAPISM and TRUE REST, or Healing.

 

[Bobbbi3] And much joy!
 

[Bobbbi3] Thank you so much!
 

[Bobbbi3] And I have retired, after all...

 

Michael: The only reason they were seen as "escape" in the past is because you had the impression that you should be making up for the time and space you use up by being alive, so any time time not dedicated to that was seen as guilty escape from the responsibility of proving your value to the world.

 

[Bobbbi3] much imprinting/conditioning

 

Michael: There came a revelation at one point, and one that is still being embraced, that you HAVE A RIGHT to BE, just as much as any other, and that there are no conditions or standards against which any person needs to prove himself or herself in order to enjoy that right.

 

[Bobbbi3] I finally got that from your teachings!
 

[Bobbbi3] Knowing I have a place in an entity in a cadre...I AM!

 

Michael: The same could be said for your DOING for others. In the past, this may have been motivated by your need to make up for your being alive at all, but now it is because it just feels good. It is okay to care enough for others because you want to, not because you need to, and this has translated into even greater care for yourself along the way.

 

[Bobbbi3] Many thanks.

 

Michael:
You have a place wherever you are, regardless of any non-physical, intangible place beyond this life. You belong where you are, because you are there. You belong where you wish to be or go, because you want to or need to. There is never a context in which one does not belong, if one is there.

 

BELONG does not translate into SUPPOSED TO BE, however.

 

[Bobbbi3] I see.

 

Michael:
For example, to say that a child in an abusive household belongs there does not mean he is supposed to be there. It simply means that, wherever one is, one IS. You are never alone, because YOU are there, and you belong to you before any other context, which translates into the RIGHT TO BE.

 

There is a reason our universe is so fragmented from TAO all the way down to the various sub-personalities of Personality, and of Personalities to Essence, and Essences to Entity to Cadre to Energy Ring, etc.

 

Because there is never a dimension beyond Tao wherein one is alone. The most-isolated fragment on the planet still has "himself," whether that be a sense of division within the self, or a sense of self and Essence. The craving for wholeness comes from that vast fragmentation, and the embrace of your dimensions, or fragments, is the process. The process of return to TAO.

 

[Bobbbi3] Alone is the worst feeling.

 

Michael: Alone is a natural feeling. Loneliness, however, is a distortion of Aloneness. Aloneness is a part of every fragment's evolution, however, loneliness is not necessary.
To return to our simplified imagery, Aloneness is the sphere; Loneliness is the Bowl.

 

[Bobbbi3] Right!

 

Michael:
No fragment can get to know himself without Aloneness.

 

Aloneness is the opportunity to like yourself, care for yourself, be yourself, etc. Loneliness is the rejection of that opportunity.

 

[Bobbbi3] I really do see that.
 

[Bobbbi3] Now.
 

[Bobbbi3] 8)

 

[Martha3] My intent is to finish my screenplay, with the goal of being able to leave my corporate job, and I am concentrating on being myself as much as is feasible in a corp setting. Problem areas are in getting my teenager to handle her responsibilities without having to fight over it. She wears me out

Michael: MARTHA - your comments prompt us to remind you that your intentions are greatly motivated by a fantasy solution to many problems.

 

[Martha3] :)

 

Michael: The fact that you know this is Good Work.

 

[Martha3] Prince Charming isn't coming with a winning lottery ticket?

 

Michael:
What you do with what you know is important, however, so it is helpful for you to occasionally check yourself in terms of how much pressure you are putting on your creative efforts to be your "ticket out."

 

Knowing that this is part of your motivation is healthy, but to forget that you are also doing this because it is simply what you love to do may undermine your energy and efforts.

 

[Martha3] good point

 

Michael:

The same could be said for nearly every other demand upon your energy: you do most of it because you love.

 

That is not the same thing as "love to do it," but because you LOVE.

 

Your exasperating and exhausting time with your child is fair to describe as something you do not love to do, but that you do because you love.

 

[Martha3] yes

 

Michael:
This is one of those finer examples of the lesser-beautiful and beautiful being embraced, rather than one or the other defining the DOING.

 

Your BEING is reflected in your DOING, and the WHY of your Doing is because you LOVE, or try to love.

 

This is often forgotten.

 

[Martha3] not sure I completely understand what you are saying

 

Michael:
Though we see you have moments of sudden, emotional clarity that bring tears to how much you do love the ingredients of your life, even as you work hard to move them into higher ideals.

 

As we said for each of you, your DOING either REFLECTS YOUR BEING, or your BEING is manifested in your DOING.

 

As one grows in consciousness, the Doing moves from reflection of a part of your Being, and into manifestation of your True Being.

 

So when we said that your Being is reflected in your Doing, we mean to point out that what you do is reflecting your Love, and knowing this is important to your then moving toward wholeness.

 

That wholeness would be the acceptance that what you do (that you do not want to do) is reflecting your capacity to love, so that when you then do what you love, such as your screenwriting, you are fully present, instead of thinking it is only to escape what you (think you) do not want to do.

 

[Martha3] I understand

 

[Maureen] I think I'm 'kinda' where Geraldine is at - sort of - I have some days that are better than others - but generally I am so much better than I used to be at Doing and Being that it is hard to know what I could specifically be changed.

 

Michael:
MAUREEN, we would agree with your assessment. One of the last areas for you to let into the wholeness is the tendency toward self-consciousness, or self-monitoring.

 

Sometimes this takes you away from the experiential and into a kind of autopiloting.

 

A heightened awareness without a complete connection to the vehicle, much like driving from point A to point BE, but not remembering the trip.

 

That was a typo, and not a clever pun on our part, by the way, but it works.

 

[Maureen] :)

 

Michael: But this is minimal, Maureen, and we mention it only for the sake of suggestion.

 

[Maureen1] How do I move away from 'auto-pilot'?

 

Michael:
MAUREEN, by embracing it. There is no other way. By this we mean that you first know that it is happening when it is happening, and then decide from there whether it is something necessary for concern.

 

Using the analogy of driving from point a to point b, was it really necessary to see the view along the way? Did you arrive safely? Did you tend to anything along the way that was important, such as avoiding a crash or taking the correct turns?

 

Realizing when you are on auto-pilot is one thing, but then you can decide whether it is necessary to be present, or if it is okay to tune out to other dimensions along the way.

 

It is not the autopilot that is the dividing factor, but the self-consciousness that might come from it.

 

The self-consciousness can move to self-awareness when the conscious decision as to whether you want or need to be present is then made.

 

Sometimes your presence is important and you will not want to afford a self-consciousness, and other times your presence can be fragmented into various tasks. Letting that become your choice is the step toward wholeness.

[Geraldine] Inserting this for AFTER Maureen. First, I do not see a question posted by Nicholas aka baby-love. And, then as a final question, I would like to ask on behalf of Troy if there is anything you might offer him in terms of his doing versus being with regards to his underlying issues that might be causing his scheduling problems. Any comments that might help him with his intention to get on track and stay on track.

 

Michael: GERALDINE, we think an entire session is in store for dedication to Troy's questions, and questions for Troy, so he will schedule this with you where we can then focus on the issues of interest.

 

[Geraldine] Thank you

Michael: Before we move on, what would Nicholas like to say?

 

[baby-love] I am fairly content w/ the areas of my life right now in terms of BEING and DOING...as I am moving through my 4IM, I find that I am re-discovering my BEING and what DOINGS support my new clarity
 

[baby-love] My intention this year is to move to San Diego...the WHY of it, is to be nearer to my ET, Viktor and the ocean:-)
 

[baby-love] I guess I don't have a question other than what tools do you suggest can help me to continue lessening the gap between my BEING and DOING?

 

Michael:
NICHOLAS, the WHY of your intention also includes "because I deserve this."

 

The concept of DESERVE is important here because this is another example of RIGHTS.

 

[baby-love] and I want it! "I have a right to live wherever, with whomever, and however I choose and want."

 

Michael: This is because so much of your life, up to the point of your dive into the 4th Internal Monad, was spent guided by SHOULDS, and now you are guided by COULDS.

 

[baby-love] yes, indeed!

 

[Brian_W] so its okay to admit selfishness and wanting something, as long as we keep in mind that getting it is another story?

 

Michael:
BRIAN, it is always "okay" to admit to selfishness, but we point out that while there is never an act that purely selfless, it is not always selfish. Selfish and lack of Selflessness are not the same thing.

 

Selfish, in this context, would be a state that might include "regardless of; in spite of; despite;" etc, whereas lack of selflessness simply means that it is okay to admit that it makes you feel good, that you want it, that you gain by doing it, etc.

 

It is "okay" to admit all of that.

 

Admitting that your most selfless of acts actually feel good and that is why you do it, or admitting that you are partially-motivated by a kind of defiance, are all Good Work.

 

Often, there may even be a mix.

 

TO CONTINUE ON. And to work toward concluding our time with you:

 

As you can see, each of you would do well to examine whether you are inclusive of both the darker and lighter, less-beautiful and beautiful, of your intentions. Some of you have emphasized the beautiful and have dismissed or did not realize the value in embracing the less-beautiful.

 

Some of you have emphasized the less-beautiful and did not think you had a right to include the more beautiful, or the lightness of your intentions.

 

So keeping an eye to your intentions in terms of the whole of their motivations can help you to free up energy for fulfillment of those intentions.

 

In terms of CENTERING, your habitual Centering and PART of CENTER can give you clues as to why you have your intentions in the first place:

 

Every Center corresponds to a BASIC RIGHT of PERSONALITY and ESSENCE.

 

The three Lower Centers tend to be of those that an individual will develop habitual uses.

 

Even when one uses a Higher Center, it can never be the habitual Center.

 

The Higher Centers are not designed to be Centers of Gravity for the functions of the body and personality, but only to be *experienced* by the body and personality.

 

Tears, Pleasure, and Laughter are physical manifestations of the Higher Centers.

 

Imagine life lived in tears, pure pleasure, and constant laughter. In theory, this sounds delightful; in reality, that person is "crazy."

 

Therefore, we will point to the Lower Centers as a helpful insight into your motivations.

 

Your PRIMARY CENTERING describes the RIGHT that you most-easily SUSTAIN, which means that even without effort, you work to sustain that Right.

 

Your PART of CENTERING describes the RIGHT that you most seek to fight for, to defend, to clarify, and this usually takes effort, or is often challenged.

 

The Center that is least-used is one that you NEED the most, as in, you often forget that this is a Right that is missing in your life, needs attention, etc.

 

EMOTIONAL CENTERING = your RIGHT to LOVE and BE LOVED.

 

INTELLECTUAL CENTERING = your RIGHT to SPEAK or HEAR the TRUTH.

 

MOVING CENTERING = your RIGHT to CHOOSE, or your RIGHT to BE FREE, to take action, or do what you want to do.

 

Looking to your own Centering then can lend insight into your motivations, consciously or subconsciously.

 

For instance, one who is Emotionally-Centered, Intellectual Part, might be one who naturally Loves, finds it easy to love, and accepts that she is motivated by desires to love and be loved. It is a given that this is an important part of life, a Right.

 

The Intellectual Part would indicate that this fragment may find herself in positions where speaking up, saying the truth, sharing the truth, her truth, or being honest, is often challenged, an "issue," a Right that must often be stood up for.

 

It would also indicate that this is an area of necessary refinement so that her truth can be heard, and not just something shouted into the world, or imposed, in contrast to some whose are hidden and unspoken.

 

What this fragment, then, might find as a missing key, or a Right that is not practiced, and often forgotten, is the Right to Choose, to Do, to take Action, to be Free.

 

Looking to the PART can give insight into your motivations, and looking to the neglected Centering can give insights into what key might be brought into the equation for fulfillment of your intentions.

 

For instance, this person would forget that her secret resource is in her DOING at all. That she must DO what she wants to do, in order to practice her Right to Freedom, instead of getting caught up in the battle for only protecting her Right to Speak/Hear The Truth.

 

Do each of you understand and find relevance to your Centering? 

 

[Maureen1] Yes :)
 

[AnnH] Yessir.

Michael: Keep in mind that these are indications of your habits, not something static, and these may change over time, or in certain contexts.

 

[Geraldine] Yes (but I'm Emotional/Intellectual; so I got a bigger explanation)
 

[Diane_H] yep
 

[Bobbbi3] yes
 

[baby-love] yep, absolutely!
 

[Geraldine] Martha is away for a moment

 

Michael:
To conclude our little group tonight, we will synopsize:

 

ONE) clarify your intentions

 

TWO) own the whole of your motivations for those intentions, including the darker elements that may not seem fair or "good." They are important parts that, if ignored, may be your undoing.

 

THREE) What you do ALWAYS reflects at least a part of your BEING, but when you choose what to do, you manifest your True Being.

 

FOUR) Understanding the WHY and HOW of your doing can lend insight into the wholeness of your motivations, and then you can embrace that, or alter it.

 

FIVE) Your habitual Centering, Part of Centering, and neglected Centering (or an easier terminology would be your Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Centering) give great insight, not only into your Intentions, but into your basic motivations for every action.

 

SIX) your Being and Doing do not have to be exclusive Quality of States, but brought into harmony to widen your playground of life.

 

And, eventually, they will be.

 

We know there is much more we could discuss in the context of this topic, but we think this is plenty of food for thought, or for doing, and this is a start.

 

Good evening to each of you. We will conclude here.

 

Goodbye.

[Bobby]

I came across the following John Lennon quote this morning and it reminded me of this "Doing versus Being" workshop :)

 

John Lennon quipped, “Time you enjoy wasting was not wasted time.”

[Uma]

Thanks for the link to this Workshop @Bobby. So much good and useful information here. Just makes me more interested to read EVERY SINGLE transcript on this site.

 

@Maureen just what we were discussing the other day! I love the synchronicity.

[Yin-da]

Aww, it's so good to read all these OMW's now and then. Each is a study in itself. This was exactly what I needed today.

[Dinnerplate]

Mmmmm best transcript ever

[Uma]

On 5/30/2016 at 1:29 AM, Kasia said:

Higher is a sphere, where as Lower is a bowl.

 

That's a wonderful image for Positive and Negative Poles

[DianeHB]

Thank you guys for bumping this session!! You have no idea how Michael's words to me then are exactly what I need to hear, now. 

 

I forgot that I had attended this workshop and certainly didn't remember that I asked a question about starting a healing practice. I was following along the workshop part of it and writing down my own questions during Brian's part:

 

How do I start a business? With fear and trepidation. 

Why do I start a business? To prove myself, because I want to create work that is satisfying to me, to lead, to feel important. 

 

After I wrote this I read further, and came to my own question -- and went "OMG, I'm doing this again...and I still have the same motivations." I cried when I reread Michael's words to me: "'WHY do I have a healing practice' might actually include the response, 'because I am more important than I was led to believe I am, and I want to share that importance in a way that proves it.'"

 

It is still true. I want to feel important, and while I'm aware of it this time, I don't think I felt it so deeply until this moment. I had that sense of importance in my last job, but not my current one, and that has everything to do with my resentment for being at my job. Realizing that has calmed me a great deal -- I know I'm not going to get the sense of importance at my job, but I don't have to be reactive and resentful while I'm figuring out my next move. Embracing that aspect of why I'm starting a business may make all the difference. 

 



Edited April 10, 2018 by DianeHB

[DianeHB]

6 hours ago, Stickyflames said:

 

I was all clear headed again and roaring to go and then out of almost nowhere I became depressed again.

 

 

This keeps happening to me over and over this month! I’m depressed and agitated, get an epiphany about something, feel great for a few hours or a day, then go right back into agitation and depression. Then I get another realization, feel like I’ve got it this time, then the next day back into agitation and depression. I seem to be going back in again after the breakthrough last night. I don’t know if it’s just the energy or if there are layers of stuff that we are peeling through in order to be present with ourselves. 

[Uma]

Great to read this again, in the context of Turning Points. Thanks for the link, Geraldine.

[Kubrat Pulev]

Whoever channeled this, he seems to be wrong. From what i've known it's very possible to be sexually centered, since it corresponds to the second chakra. Maybe there is some information he forgot to consider 

[Janet]

7 hours ago, Kubrat Pulev said:

Whoever channeled this, he seems to be wrong. From what i've known it's very possible to be sexually centered, since it corresponds to the second chakra. Maybe there is some information he forgot to consider 

I think this is a terminology issue. This session does not say sexual centering is not possible. It simply does not use the terminology "sexual centering." I know the original teachings referred to a sexual center but over the years there has been discussion about the inconsistency in the way the centers were labeled, and terminology has evolved. On this site Michael refers to Emotional, Higher Emotional, Moving, Higher Moving, Intellectual, Higher Intellectual and Instinctive Centers. Other channels have adopted this terminology as well, although not all of them.

 

Centering and Chakras are not the same thing, even though they are correlated. This content further describes Centering and the distinction from Chakras: Centers of Gravity. There are many other sessions posted on this site that reference Centers. The Energy Reports often provide good additional information on Centering. 

[Philip Wittmeyer]

What I have to offer on this subject might be "Too Much Information (TM)", but it so happens that I have written a chapter about the Action Centers for a book that I am writing, A History of the Overleaf Chart. It is a somewhat scholarly academic treatment of the history and meaning of the Sexual Center and the Moving Center, and their name changes, and their switching placements on the Ordinal and Cardinal sides of the Action Axis. The story actually starts a century ago when Gurdjieff presented his understanding of Centers, and the story continues after Centers got adopted and adapted in the Michael Teaching.

Included with the attached document on the Action Centers is two chapters from the same book manuscript on the Chakras and their relationship to the Centers. I feel that I must alert you that this is one of the subjects about which there is much disagreement among the various teachers in the Michael Teaching communities. Feedback is welcome.

 

 

 

ActionCenters.pdf

[Troy]

17 hours ago, Kubrat Pulev said:

Whoever channeled this, he seems to be wrong. From what i've known it's very possible to be sexually centered, since it corresponds to the second chakra. Maybe there is some information he forgot to consider 

 

No one lives in a Higher Center, so there no one is ever channeled as Higher Moving Centered or Higher Intellectually Centered or Higher Emotionally Centered (except in rare instances of some Transcendental or Manifested Infinite Souls who will sustain functioning from higher centering longer, but even then it’s not a primary centering).

 

At one point some channels referred to what we now call the Moving Center as the Sexual Center, and then later referred to the Higher Moving Center as Sexual Center. So there is some confusion, which is why we, eventually, settled on a consistency in terminology with Higher and Lower Centers (Cardinal/Ordinal). *Though the older soul already knows that “higher” and “lower” are terms of convenience, some people take ”higher” and “lower” to mean one is better than the other.  But they just refer to the functional differences.

 

Anyway, we can't really live or function in Higher Centers as Primary Centering. We can access them regularly, but they can't be primary centers. 

[Philip Wittmeyer]

Thank you Meg for your kind words. Glad you liked what you have seen so far. I have posted other excerpts from that book manuscript on TLE.

The situation with the Michael Teaching is that it has come to us piecemeal -- a little here and a little there -- at various times and via various sources. Others have written books that collate and organize some of the info, but not quite in the scholarly academic "study paper" format that I am attempting. My project is to compare and contrast what the various sources say, to analyze and synthesize the info, and to look at it microscopically and telescopically. The goal here is to extract as much deep understanding of the material as I can, and then share that with others, and then solicit feedback so that we can make progress collectively. (The book project of Team TLE might be doing something similar, except using only Troy's channeling.)

The understanding of the Action Centers has evolved over the decades, and there is still not an actual consensus among all of the Michael Teaching communities; I offer my perspective based on my studies over a forty year familiarity with the MT and other esoteric teachings. The same lack of consensus exists for the correlation of chakras with Centers. The same lack of consensus exists regarding the nature of the Higher Centers, which is the subject of another chapter in that book manuscript; see attached.

HigherCenters.pdf

[Kubrat Pulev]

On 4/18/2020 at 7:42 AM, Troy said:

 

No one lives in a Higher Center, so there no one is ever channeled as Higher Moving Centered or Higher Intellectually Centered or Higher Emotionally Centered (except in rare instances of some Transcendental or Manifested Infinite Souls who will sustain functioning from higher centering longer, but even then it’s not a primary centering).

 

At one point some channels referred to what we now call the Moving Center as the Sexual Center, and then later referred to the Higher Moving Center as Sexual Center. So there is some confusion, which is why we, eventually, settled on a consistency in terminology with Higher and Lower Centers (Cardinal/Ordinal). *Though the older soul already knows that “higher” and “lower” are terms of convenience, some people take ”higher” and “lower” to mean one is better than the other.  But they just refer to the functional differences.

 

Anyway, we can't really live or function in Higher Centers as Primary Centering. We can access them regularly, but they can't be primary centers. 

https://www.michaelteachings.com/michael-on-centers.html

 

"However, you can use either your physical or moving center as your gateway, although, with the moving center, the cardinal of the pair, you would not use its more exalted aspects for reacting to everyday life."

 

 

Edited April 26, 2020 by Kubrat Pulev

[Kubrat Pulev]

On 4/17/2020 at 10:24 PM, Janet said:

I think this is a terminology issue. This session does not say sexual centering is not possible. It simply does not use the terminology "sexual centering." I know the original teachings referred to a sexual center but over the years there has been discussion about the inconsistency in the way the centers were labeled, and terminology has evolved. On this site Michael refers to Emotional, Higher Emotional, Moving, Higher Moving, Intellectual, Higher Intellectual and Instinctive Centers. Other channels have adopted this terminology as well, although not all of them.

 

Centering and Chakras are not the same thing, even though they are correlated. This content further describes Centering and the distinction from Chakras: Centers of Gravity. There are many other sessions posted on this site that reference Centers. The Energy Reports often provide good additional information on Centering. 

No Terminology Issues. Some sources say it's possible to use both Sexual and Moving Centers as your gateway, while others say it's not. There are no deeper explanations. Seems like no source has true knowledge about this. 

[Amanda]

On 5/30/2016 at 12:29 AM, Kasia said:

wherever one is, one IS. You are never alone, because YOU are there, and you belong to you before any other context, which translates into the RIGHT TO BE.

 

On 5/30/2016 at 12:29 AM, Kasia said:

Your PRIMARY CENTERING describes the RIGHT that you most-easily SUSTAIN, which means that even without effort, you work to sustain that Right.

 

Your PART of CENTERING describes the RIGHT that you most seek to fight for, to defend, to clarify, and this usually takes effort, or is often challenged.

 

The Center that is least-used is one that you NEED the most, as in, you often forget that this is a Right that is missing in your life, needs attention, etc.

 

EMOTIONAL CENTERING = your RIGHT to LOVE and BE LOVED.

 

INTELLECTUAL CENTERING = your RIGHT to SPEAK or HEAR the TRUTH.

 

MOVING CENTERING = your RIGHT to CHOOSE, or your RIGHT to BE FREE, to take action, or do what you want to do.

 

Looking to your own Centering then can lend insight into your motivations, consciously or subconsciously.

 

Bumping this post again, and quoting a couple snippets that stood out to me