Doing nothing

One of the most difficults things for humans is doing nothing. Feel free to try it sometimes. Just stop whatever you were planning to do, sit on the floor and do not start thinking - just sit. Thoughts will appear but let them just come and go. That is meditation. However even the thought of doing nothing, just being, feels uncomfortable for the mind. Mind is very goal-oriented, always wanting to achieve something, always wanting to feel useful. That's why people are always busy with something. Even if they're not actually doing something concrete, their mind is busy in thinking what to do next. It is eternal circle of avoidance.

Japanese poet Basho expressed lots of wisdom with his haiku:

Sitting silently,
Doing nothing,
The spring comes
And the grass grows by itself.

For the next entries I'm going to write about seven spiritual characters who I have enjoyed most. The list (order being chronological to my encounter with each) is following:

1. Socrates
2. Richard Bach
3. Anthony de Mello
4. Siddhartha Gautama
5. Dogen
6. Osho
7. J.Krishnamurti