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Is No Path Still a Path?
Choosing no path to travel is still a path — but it tends to be unsatisfactory.
I have been writing about the philosophy of Pathwalking for over eight-and-a-half years now.
In short, Pathwalking is choosing what paths you desire to take in your life. This is a matter of conscious reality creation via mindfulness to find and/or create the things you desire for your life.
This is not a quick fix nor instant gratification philosophy. It takes patience, time, and work. Practicing mindfulness makes you conscious of your thoughts, feelings, and actions. That awareness, in the here and now, helps you choose for yourself actively rather than passively to do things.
It is easy to fall into patterns and habits from day to day. There is an expectation on the part of our culture and society to follow a non-specific path of sleep-wake-work-rest-sleep-wake-work-rest-repeat. The monotony of this pattern broken only by a two-day weekend and time you take on vacation.
This is an easy pattern to follow. Yet it is not for everyone.
Since the “majority” of people appear to follow this, however — is it still a path? Since it tends to be passive and not actively chosen, does that make it a path or no path?
