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title: "What is being-not-doing?"
description: "Roughly half of a mature journeying practice: not accomplishing anything, but resting in the Lower-World, being held, or shapeshifting so fully that separate selfhood softens. Busyness is part of the Fall; being-not-doing un-learns it. ## Where can I find the…"
url: "https://www.therapeutic-shamanism.co.uk/wiki/what-is-being-not-doing/"
updated: "2026-11-10"
category: Glossary
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# What is being-not-doing?

Roughly half of a mature journeying practice: not accomplishing anything, but resting in the Lower-World, being held, or shapeshifting so fully that separate selfhood softens. Busyness is part of the Fall; being-not-doing un-learns it.

## Where can I find the other terms?

Every term used across the wiki has a short definition in the [glossary, A to Z](/wiki-glossary/#being-not-doing).