HOW TO DO NOTHING

This is the most difficult thing in the world for me to do. I almost always feel like I have to be in motion. Maybe that’s what makes me feel alive! And I mean that in a very real sense; it’s as if, I don’t feel myself moving I might think I was dead or something.

This means that it almost doesn’t matter WHAT I DO, as long as I’m doing something. And the faster—the more motion involved—the better!

Today, I’ve vowed to practice doing less. Maharishi always says, "do less to accomplish more." Which is a revolutionary thought. The idea is that if we learn to act from a more powerful place within ourselves, at a deeper level of thought, our thoughts, and thus our actions are more powerful.

For myself, I have to practice being brave—to dare to just do less or do nothing. Slowly I am training myself to follow my bliss, but wouldn’t it be very cool to be able just to follow nothing at all…to just be.

How to do this? I’m not sure. I’ll get back to you on this. For now, well…