I am all for self-discipline. But when we are not doing what we should be doing, we tend to fall into the habit of doing what we need to do, instead of what we could be doing. This causes us to spend more time than we should on things we could be doing, like working out or traveling. This type of procrastination makes us less satisfied with our life.
I agree that when we are not doing our best work, we fall into the habit of not taking the time to do the things we could be doing. But if we have the time, then we can take the time and do the things we could be doing. Instead of doing what we should be doing, we need to do what we couldn’t be doing.
This is the point where I think it’s important to talk about what we could be doing, because this is where we become overwhelmed with the idea that we are not doing enough. We want to feel that we “have” to do something, but we are not doing it. When we don’t have the time to do what we could be doing, we feel like we could do more, but we are not.
The time we spend doing things we should be doing is the time we should be spending doing the things that we could be doing. This is why it is important to get into the habit of being present, being aware of what we are doing and why we are doing it. We should be taking short breaks and working on our craft as much as we can. We should be learning to take care of ourselves and our bodies. This is why it is important to take up yoga and meditation.
The time we spend being present, being aware of what we are doing, and why we are doing it is the time we should be spending doing the things that we could be doing. This is what we call un paarvaiyil paithiyam.
The word paarvaiyil means “to be present.” It is sometimes translated to mean “to be aware.” But these two meanings have very different connotations. Being present means being able to see the truth of what is going on in your life. It means being able to see your actions as they are in full light. Being aware means being able to see what you are doing as it is in its fullness.
These two meanings do not go together. The word paarvaiyil does not refer to what we are doing, but to what we are not doing. We are not present. We are not aware. We are not living. So when we say we are doing something, we are not doing it. We are doing something else. We are doing the thing we are not doing.
So the first thing that we do is to take out the eight Visionaries, and we do it because we are doing it. We don’t have to do anything. We are doing something. We are not doing anything. We are doing the thing we are not doing. All we are doing is to have a conversation and do it. So we are doing what we are not doing.
Yeah, yeah, we are not doing any of these things. We are not doing the things we are doing and we are not doing the things we are doing. So it seems as though we are just talking about these things. So we are doing what we are not doing.
If we can’t do it, and we can’t do anything else, then it is not our goal. We are doing what we are not doing. That is where it gets really annoying. You can’t just sit quietly and be happy. You can’t just let yourself be miserable. You can’t just allow yourself to be miserable. You can’t just let yourself be miserable.
