Monday, August 25, 2008

The fine art of doing nothing

I know I make this look easy! However there is a fine art to doing nothing. People who know me, would say I have mastered it. But wait amigos.....did you know that....

"Free time is the mother of inspiration"

So while I may appear in this picture to be doing nothing, behind the scene my brain is open to receive whatever great inspiration the universe wants to send me. Why, I was prepared to sit in that position soaking up nature as long as it took to feel inspired. So in doing nothing I was being highly productive.
This is not as easy as it looks and actually takes a little practice to master. It is imperative that you have peace and quiet. No one is allowed to disturb you in any way while you waiting for inspiration. Sounds good so far, right?
The only part that takes effort is to control your thoughts. No negative thoughts are permitted. You should think of your thoughts as being like water, let them flow away. Don't try to retain or dwell on anything. Yes, it is a form of meditation.

"time is precious, waste it well"

I find it works best in a tropical location unfortunately it works just as well anywhere in nature, while going for a walk, taking a shower or a bath. Just empty your head (some think I do that well too) and let the inspiration in.
Those people that don't know that you can think without talking have no idea what they are missing...

"the time you enjoy wasting
is not wasted time"
Plato

Eduardo

1 Comments:

Anonymous gracie1956 said...

You are right about meditation taking some practice. The first time I tried it was about 25 years ago. I heard about this cool thing from a fellow hippie type person and I thought I would try it. I turned off the lights and stereo and got a straight backed chair and set it in the middle of the room. (I didn't know you could be comfortable and relaxed while meditating) No one else was home and so I had lots of quiet. I positioned myself on that chair and then I closed my eyes and waited...and waited...and waited. Nothing happened. I tried very hard to empty my mind. I even tried going ohmm, ohmmmm, ohmmm. Nothing happened.
I have come to understand that as what I call spiritual CONSTIPATION. You know, when you just sit there and nothing happens!!! Since then I have gotten to the place where I can do what you described as just letting my thoughts pass by without grabbing a hold of them. Sometimes I can even hear that still small voice inside of me. Those are the best times because I then feel connected to the rest of the universe. It is then that I know serenity and peace and that is wonderful!

August 25, 2008 10:21 PM  

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