http://thepracticeofyourlife.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/being-present/ Reflections on being on track with your life's purpose - whatever you create that to be Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:10:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 http://thepracticeofyourlife.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/being-present/#comment-23 olia Tue, 08 Apr 2008 21:08:06 +0000 http://thepracticeofyourlife.wordpress.com/?p=32#comment-23 Thanks for an interesting observation. "Being" is a very interesting concept. Its meaning varies by philosophy and has a lot of different interpretations. I guess saying "being present" you mean giving your attention to everything that is happening in the moment, not just to your thoughts (however, it is important to be present with your thoughts asw well). The world goes faster (and not deeper) and in your head you can be already few days ahead and not really paying attention to the world around you. I believe this understanding comes from Life Transformation Program(s) and is one of the main concept used by Landmark (and est, means being, to be). It is a little bit simplified but presented in a package that makes it work. Simplified (and this is just my opinion) because it shows just one dimension (side, perspective) of being, and does not make you reflective about it (unless you, yourself, choose to be). All phenomena related to “being” come from existential philosophy and have away more complicated and interesting interpretation. Heideggerian being-in-the-world means openness to the world; projecting into the possibilities that lie before it or may be hidden, and interpreting and understanding the world in terms of possibilities. Being reflective. Fundamental mode of being-in-the-world is being-with, - being interested in the world, being interested in the people around you, things around you; asking questions and looking for answers. by the way, if the person who claims to have great listening skills (and being present) few days after the conversation does not remember its details (at all), “was not really there” or just has short memory? Thanks for an interesting observation. “Being” is a very interesting concept. Its meaning varies by philosophy and has a lot of different interpretations. I guess saying “being present” you mean giving your attention to everything that is happening in the moment, not just to your thoughts (however, it is important to be present with your thoughts asw well). The world goes faster (and not deeper) and in your head you can be already few days ahead and not really paying attention to the world around you. I believe this understanding comes from Life Transformation Program(s) and is one of the main concept used by Landmark (and est, means being, to be). It is a little bit simplified but presented in a package that makes it work. Simplified (and this is just my opinion) because it shows just one dimension (side, perspective) of being, and does not make you reflective about it (unless you, yourself, choose to be).
All phenomena related to “being” come from existential philosophy and have away more complicated and interesting interpretation. Heideggerian being-in-the-world means openness to the world; projecting into the possibilities that lie before it or may be hidden, and interpreting and understanding the world in terms of possibilities. Being reflective. Fundamental mode of being-in-the-world is being-with, - being interested in the world, being interested in the people around you, things around you; asking questions and looking for answers.
by the way, if the person who claims to have great listening skills (and being present) few days after the conversation does not remember its details (at all), “was not really there” or just has short memory?

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