To Do Nothing

As the other commenters posted, &quot;yes, this is just meditation&quot;<p>I think the real value of this post is that it&#x27;s almost like <i>discovering from first principles</i>. Building up the knowledge bit by bit.<p>Thankfully it also provides a reference that can get past initial barriers and apprehension.. &quot;meditation? Sounds too wooey&quot; or &quot;tried it, didn&#x27;t work&quot; are both I&#x27;ve heard often.<p>It could be the message that somebody needs.

The philosopher Blaise Pascal once said that &quot;all of humanity&#x27;s problems stem from man&#x27;s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.&quot; Many of our world&#x27;s troubles come from people doing stupid things rather than sitting peacefully with discomfort.<p>Doing nothing is actually a kind of discipline. The brain isn’t designed for idle time; evolution didn’t prioritize contentment—it prioritized survival. So Becky never really shuts up, because quiet might’ve once meant danger. Today, it just means our ancient wiring is nudging us to be productive, even when there’s nothing to produce.

<i>Live in the present, with your consciousness externalized momentarily but without any effort; when the mind stops linking itself to the past and to the future, it becomes no-­mind. If from moment to moment your mind dwells on what is and drops it effortlessly at once [just before moving on to something else], the mind becomes no-­mind, full of purity.</i><p>-- Yoga Vasistha (Chapter: The Story of Gadhi) translated by Swami Venkatesananda. You can get it from <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;swami-venkatesananda-vasisthas-yoga-suny-press-1993" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;archive.org&#x2F;details&#x2F;swami-venkatesananda-vasisthas-y...</a><p>Some more details on the above verse can be seen at this blog <i>Power of Present Moment – Yoga Vasishta</i> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;krishnapriya22013.wordpress.com&#x2F;2019&#x2F;04&#x2F;02&#x2F;power-of-present-moment-yoga-vasishta&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;krishnapriya22013.wordpress.com&#x2F;2019&#x2F;04&#x2F;02&#x2F;power-of-...</a>

All of humanity&#x27;s problems stem from man&#x27;s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.<p>Blaise Pascal, Pensées

Great way to put it. If you are interested in a more elaborate description, checkout the intro to ‘The Untethered Soul’.<p>To the people here saying this is just meditation: the problem is that meditation is a solution to a problem most people don’t know they have.<p>I like this author’s post because of the Becky metaphor. The Untethered Soul goes into detail as to what happens if you keep paying attention to the voice inside your head.<p>This problem focused approach is more likely to get people meditating than just telling them about the benefits of meditation.

A relaxing video on this topic - to Be Still &amp; Know. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;aBNpxPG4at0" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;aBNpxPG4at0</a><p>Highlights how we prioritize distractions and loose track of ourselves. Healthy to take a pause and just look at the moment as it is without any stimuli.

I&#x27;d suggest trying meditation.

Weird that I have no difficulty doing nothing. Getting something done is my problem.

What are you reading?<p>What are you planning?<p>Who are you calling?

It just seems that someone ignorant of Buddhism discovers meditation by himself