Kent Wayne

Musings

—

by

DirtySciFiBuddha
in

Actively enforcing the axiom that everything is fundamentally the same doesn’t mean that everything’s a drab muddle; in fact, it’s just the opposite.  The proof can be found when one’s capacity for “monotony” increases.  If I may ask you to make a small leap with me here:  There are those who are addicted to work and those who have completely done away with the concept.  Those lucky souls do not “go to work” anymore.  To them, every act is a joyous play.  

Because they’ve realized that fundamental sameness.

Comments

8 responses to “Musings”

  1. mentalbreakinprogress Avatar
    mentalbreakinprogress

    Thank you for sharing! 🙂 I have to admit, I am the type of person who can become addicted to my work…but if you are following your passion it doesn’t really feel like work. I have dreams of just never having to work…sipping on a drink in the sun somewhere (who hasn’t had that dream? lol) but at the same time, I need to keep busy lol I will most likely be one of those people who never retires. Also, thank you for teaching me a new word! I had no idea the word of “axiom” existed and I took the time to look it up lol always love to add new words to my vocabulary! 🙂

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      Thank You for Commenting!!! I’ve actually followed my passions to the point where I hit this horrible grind, and I realized that it wasn’t constantly trying to find what didn’t feel like work, but to alter my mentality so that less things felt like it, if that makes sense! 🙂

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply
      1. mentalbreakinprogress Avatar
        mentalbreakinprogress

        Totally! 🙂

        Liked by 1 person

  2. Writer_Whitby Avatar
    Writer_Whitby

    “If you Love it, it’s not work…”

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
  3. Ameeta Davis Avatar
    Ameeta Davis

    Interesting comments have been written for you sir – umm…
    If you see work as labour then you say your passion is not work

    But if like me you see work as action then in doing nothing you are taking action. Meditation and observation of the moment is still action. I love action and having the choice of type of action.
    I see action in inaction 😳

    Liked by 2 people

    Reply
    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      Well I believe there is some merit to chasing your calling. HOWEVER, in my personal experience, it doesn’t matter what it is, excellence will require someone to just grind away ad nauseum. (In the military, they can make anything boring and stupid. Anything.) So while many advise chasing the unicorn that is the “thing you love,” I advocate a bit of the opposite: Yes, be open to your calling, but train yourself to love doing everything; there is no single activity where at some point you won’t hit that grind, and that’s when your love for that activity must really be refined and proven. Hope that helps! 🙂 I understand your idea of meditating an action, but that too, requires training IMHO. There has to be an assiduous and consistent reduction of ego before that kind of state can be called forth naturally and at a moment’s notice. IMHO, it’s why people go to extreme lengths to sequester themselves in monastic variations so they can sand away that pesky ego. Hope all that makes sense! Good luck and appreciate the posts! 🙂

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply
  4. chris jensen Avatar
    chris jensen

    They make it look easy!

    chris

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply
    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      I suspect that that’s all it is. Kinda like a 2 hr movie where nobody thinks about the thousands of man hours that went into making it.

      Like

      Reply

Leave a comment