Are you Being or Seeming to Be???

Question

Being & Seeming...two different types of human existence :)))

The one proceeds from what one really is, the other from what ones wishes to seem...

Are you both or one predominates the other?

Answer 1

To be or not to be....for most people that is still the question; which means they have no other choice than to seem. Other people understand that masks are a must in the world, and this understanding gives them the option to be. They know and understand what and who they are, and that's good enough for them.

The choice is in the society, not in yourself. You choose from within; this is your intention coming from your heart. The choice is within too, it just seems to be without; this is your mind making a decision. Understanding changes your vision, not your sight.

No philosophy, no religion, not even poetry can help you there. THIS you gotta do yourself, THIS is your choice.

GOOD LUCK!

Answer 2

Any of the series of objective identities owe to Being as one. Seeming proceeds from Being; authenticity can be easily conceived through an artifice, as you have constructed. Rather, Seeming to Be is just a lesser manifestation of Being. There are different ideas of human existence, which we may arbitrarily describe, but description leads us no closer to the problem of existence. It may very well lead us away from it. Authenticity as a premise does not surmount willing as primal Being.

Answer 3

Seeming... 90% of the time.

Much prefer being, but being me is generally not accepted... square peg in a round hole world. Get these weird looks when I balance beam on the curb or juggle or even just walking in my hoodie with my back pack for 2 miles instead of owning a vehicle (don't fit that middle class middle aged demographic). But generally I follow the custom and try not to rock the boat.

Peace

Answer 4

In this human form we have the innate ability to understand the highest knowledge, or our Divine nature which gave rise to being. Being denotes existing or the proclamation "I am". "I am" is a useful pointer to pure, eternal existence. Being focuses on remembering it's true nature, which it actually is, but body/mind, ego perceives separation or duality. This duality can also be interpreted as seeming to be. Therefore, being and seeming to be are the same the same thing, hence
the mind is responsible for projecting seeming to be.

Seeming to be is a portrayal of duality, or external focus away from your true essential nature into false identifications about oneself. Seeming to be can be considered a misinterpretation. Only through focusing on pure being, will one become closer to their true essential nature which is a mirror of being, or beingness.

I am being, but on the level of the mind seeming to be. The two are actually one. In reality there is no duality, only unity. As I mentioned earlier the mind/ego strays from pure being into seeming to be.

Answer 5

to me, I feel like I AM BEING. But to the other person - it may seem very different. Maybe I should say I'm a little of both

Answer 6

We apprehend knowledge from experience alone. Therefore only the things that seem (appear to one of our senses) can be candidates for us to say are being. Therefore all I can know is that I seem to be, but I am willing to make the assumption that I am none the less.

Answer 7

I would love to say that I am being....but I think that I am actually both. Not necessarily a negative...sometimes seeming long enough can turn into being.

Answer 8

I am seeming to be. I haven't been myself in years. I am just doing what it takes to pass the time until I reach a point where I am no longer afraid to be myself again.

Answer 9

For myself, I am simply being. For others I can be seeming to be. For those who know me well, I am what I seem, for better or worse.

Answer 10

If "...the other [from] what one wishes to seem," wouldn't that be what one wishes others to see them to be? I can't quite comprehend why I'd wish to seem what I really am...