Sometimes it’s hard to tie my shoes.
Then again, why tie my shoes?
Is this moment of silence, absent of stimulation, so terrifying?
Shouldn’t I be doing something?
The mind would say yes.
But maybe I’ve decided not to obey the mind just for this moment.
I feel various sensations. I see the objects in the room. There’s no one to interfere with these sense perceptions. My wife is out. The dog is on a play date. It doesn’t really matter who I am sitting on this couch. And there’s no need to remind myself.
In our society we call this wasting time. Shouldn’t I be doing something, the mind insists. After all, there’s my schedule, my calendar, my responsibilities, my aspirations, my life.
Whose? asks the entity sitting on the couch. IT doesn’t relate to any of those MY’s. In our society, we call this lazy.
How about letting IT live, expand? It’s not going to kill me.
Loved this post. Always stuggling with the feeling that I shouldn't just be here now, that I should be doing at least several things at once. But guess what? It doesn't kill you to just eat (without thinking, reading, listening, etc.), or piss (without creating grocery lists in our mind), or simply BE with someone. Really BE there.