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Posted August 4, 2011 by John Chuchman in Meditations
Busyness
When I am busy,
I feel “in charge,”
I believe I am important,
I become indispensable and necessary,
My ego is assured that I am productive,
that I am accomplishing something worthwhile and valuable.
By being efficiently busy helping others,
I can accept even more tasks,
help even more people,
I can escalate the demands on my time, attention, care.
When I project a state of busyness,
Others notice how important or helpful I am and
Either do not disturb me or
Seek me out for something even more important.
I just love being busy.
Trouble is,
When I am in a state of busyness,
I tend not to really notice my surroundings or
Other people,
I tend to be unresponsive to
the True needs of those who cross my path,
Or even
My Own True Needs.
When I am in a state of busyness,
I lose my contemplative attitude and
deprive myself of
Moments of Beauty, Surprise, Delight, and Love.
When I am busy being busy,
I avoid making time for
Leisure, Play, Relationships or Reflection.
I take delight in moving fast,
being caught up in a rhythm that
overwhelms my internal sense of self and
my felt response to
internal and external events.
In busyness,
I am actually captivated by a consciousness
largely generated by a culture outside me,
a false consciousness.
If I can avoid busyness and
experience a Contemplative attitude,
A Creative Leisure,
Recollection,
Mindfulness,
I can become Centered,
Relaxed, Serenely Present and Mindful,
I am able to Delight in the day
as it unfolds,
I am able to receive each person who enters my space
with Loving Mercy.
I inhabit an Enlarged Contemplative Awareness.
When I move out of busyness,
God is present to me in the world
As in my heart.
But,
To see God there–in the world–requires
My Profound Attentiveness;
I need a quality of heart that
enables me to see
the invisible and
A quality of presence in the precious present
that is Aware of
All that is really there.
Oh my,
In busyness,
I do not participate in the deep dimensions
of my experiences.
How to I escape this trap
of busyness?
To grow,
I must.
Reggie Scottson wrote at August 10, 2011
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Being busy I think gives people an excuse to hide from reality.
Anthony Price wrote at August 4, 2011
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So people try to be busy to get away and not have to deal with real things deeply?
Stormie wrote at August 4, 2011
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I feel like being busy lets me escape everything else. It helps to not think about other problems. I completely relate to this post and staying away from busyness is something I need to work on for myself.
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