Omni Tasking
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Show me a man who is completely present to whatever he is doing, and I’ll show you a man who is free. Show me that woman who is at one with whatever is going on NOW in her life and I’ll show you a woman who is free, no matter the circumstances.
Our manic culture worships the ability to do multiple things at once, and the more things you can do at once the more of a modern age kung fu master of life you are. We have made an idol of unconsciousness. The last one to get to the end of their lives without showing up for any of it is a rotten egg. The true revolution of our time will not be a revolution AGAINST SOMETHING but a merging WITH EVERYTHING.
This morning as I was shaving I noticed myself thinking of some things to do with the future, this is not an uncommon observation of my own mind. It struck me, as it has so many times before, “Do I think I’m being oh so efficient by planning while I’m shaving?” Aren’t I slick, working on the next moment in this moment. How unoriginal. So, as is my practice in all of life I returned to inhabit fully my present moment experience of shaving. I decided maybe I’m NOT “too good” or “too intelligent” to waste my time being present to something as mundane as shaving.
Of course, as I fully inhabit my present experience, as I am right now as I write this I am free. There is no one wealthier or more free than me right now, typing this words, in total presence. So, my friend, won’t you lower the flag of multi tasking once and for all and raise the flag of Omni Tasking?
“But I’m too busy to do one thing at a time, if I did only one thing at a time and was completely present with it, nothing would get taken care of!” Your clever ego will never run out of excuses to forsake the now. The choice is yours, not your egos, do you want a quality life, in which you find richness and profundity in the simplest of things? Or do you want to rush through your life, and miss the entire thing, not even able to really enjoy the most majestic moments?
You can begin your revolution in small things. Start today, pick one thing you do every day, and devote it forever to your full presence. Showers are a good place to start, from now on, decide as you are showering you will not let your mind wander off, you will be fully, intensely present. Your next shower just might be the first shower you’ve ever really taken!
Once you have mastered the art of showering in total presence pick something else, maybe doing the dishes, or exercising. One by one, devote things like this to full presence and in NO TIME your entire life will take on a richness you could never have imagined possible.
