This excerpt argues that ordinary moments of waiting (e.g., waiting for a kettle to boil) are opportunities to shift from doing to ‘being’ by practicing presence. The speaker encourages noticing and not filling waiting moments with activity, and to 'be present.'
There are moments when doing is not necessary or required of you, and this is an opportunity for entering being so. These are all the moments when you're waiting in the old sense of the word. You would be waiting for something, including. Including short moments. And you would be surprised how many moments there are in your life when you are actually waiting for it, but you don't even know it because you fill it up with something else. You're waiting for the kettle to boil to make a cup of tea. Well, that's a great opportunity for doing the kind of waiting that is talked about in that parable. Be present. Listen to the no.
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