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'The Human Doing', 'The Human Being' and the radical emergence of the latter. I was raised a human doing. Everything in my family was rated on its level of doing...the more we did; the better we were. Once I grew up I began to see and feel the accolades for 'doing'. Go to any party, get together or casual social gathering and the first question is..'so what do you do'? This doing aspect of life really suited me as I have high energy and am generally open to adventure or competition (I prefer to call it adventure, competition seems...well...too competitive). I 'did' my education; I 'did' marathons; I 'did' family and children; I 'did'; I 'did'; I 'did' indeed tire of doing. 
Why are we called human beings? I was a full grown human doing. Next time you see me ask me what I am doing and I will most definitely have an answer for you. Better yet, ask yourself this question with the opening of 2010: What and who am I if you take away all my 'doings'? We are all very busy being 'doings'. Examples of doings: Degrees, education, most physical activities, travel, working, planning, cooking, eating, buying, shopping, scurrying, yelling, worrying, fearing. My slow migration from 'doingness' to 'beingness' began an inch at a time and it was actually an 'undoing' experience. After some time I began noticing that each 'doing' took more effort and energy yet yielded less and less of the promised pleasure or relief. So each 'doing' seemed less fulfilling; each 'doing' felt less rewarding; each 'doing' brought less pleasure. One day, I realized I was going from 'doing' to 'undoing'. My discontent with a life of 'doings' had amounted to absolutely no-thing. I began experiencing life as a 'being'. Feeling, smelling, breathing, smiling, meditating, walking (still a 'doing' but with much more awareness), chatting, laughing, practicing, chanting, dancing, loving, praying, singing, journaling, reading, releasing, savoring, frolicking, sensing, knowing, cleansing and clearing. These non-doings actually usually required me to stay still and use something other than my intellect, all of my body and more of my senses, my entire 'being'. Graduation to a human 'being' came with a great sense of letting go of expectations, outcomes, control, pain and even letting go of fear of death and illness. Yoga was my conduit. In graduating to a human 'being' I can now sincerely answer the question "How are you?" without the comings, goings and especially doings my former life would have illicited. May 2010 bring you to 'being'.
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