I loved Iyanla Vanzant’s meditation for October 14, in her daily word book Acts of Faith. The affirmation for the day was: “I am”. The inspirational quote was: “Stop doing. Start being.” The main difference is that doing is intellectual and being is spiritual. When we get stuck in the doing of things we get trapped in our minds, thinking about what we can and cannot do, or should and should not do; we get trapped in our minds, thinking about what others will think, say or do about our doing. That is a recipe for disharmony.
If we stop doing and start being, we shift our energy to the callings of our spirit and nourish it with what feels good and joyous and loving and peaceful despite what our intellects say.
Every day I will start the day as no-thing and no-one, just ‘I am’. I will challenge myself to be when my mind says do or not do. When I am confined by my own definitions of self, I will challenge myself to step outside of my mind and simply be what feels igniting to my spirit.