Just Being Quotes

“COVID-19's forcing the whole world to transition - from 'becoming to being'!
Isn’t it amazing? Don’t you see what’s happening? The whole world has surrendered; it has been forced, in fact, to capitulate – to jump off the becoming treadmill, to being home, just being!”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“After lunch - one short nap:
On waking up - two cups of tea.
Raising my head, I see the sun's light
Once again slanting to the south-west.
Those who are happy regret the shortness of the day;
Those who are sad tire of the year's sloth.
But those whose hearts are devoid of joy or sadness
Just go on living, regardless of 'short' or 'long'.

-After Lunch”
― Po Chü-i, The dragon book

“There are two states in Life: Existing and Living. You exist when you are unhappy and are merely floating around like deadwood. Living is a constantly evolving state…over time, and through your lived experiences, you graduate from just being to experiencing immersion to dissolving…momentarily, you too have experienced losing yourself, dissolving in devotion (in bhakti, in prayer), in sex, in music, in dance. But you have the option to remain dissolved forever, to be lost in what you love doing…when you attain that state, that is your Bliss experience…”
― AVIS Viswanathan

“A tree just sat wherever it had grown, quietly drinking from the earth and immersed in its own sense of peace. It did not count days and months and years and decades at all. It lived by the seasons, and the changing rhythms of its heart. The soul of a tree knew how to just ‘be’, and by just being, gave shade and joy to everyone.”
― Sohini Sen, The Dandelions Have It