This morning I rode my bike around a Camp Sherman, Oregon loop. Cabin to store to bike path to Lake Creek Lodge to trail-through-woods to gravel road to cabin.
Along the way, which involved considerable pedaling, I came across a sign which led me to stop and do almost nothing -- except stand, pull my iPhone out, and snap a photo.
This seems to be a Spanish proverb. Totally believable. Isn't the siesta a significant part of the Spanish lifestyle?
(If not, don't tell me; I'm a habitual napper who enjoys feeling like I've got some Spanish heritage that impels me at siesta time.)
Given my admiration of the proverb, it wouldn't be fitting to spend too much energy talking about it in a blog post. I'll simply observe that doing nothing is a centerpiece of many spiritual traditions.
Buddhism and Taoism, for sure. Along with the contemplative side of numerous others.
I summoned up enough energy to Google "spirituality doing nothing." Then I took a quick look at some of the search results. Here's some links to explore. Unless you prefer doing nothing.
The Joy of Nada -- Doing Nothing for Lent
Do you know how to relax? Why you should make time to do nothing.
The idler has realized the illusion of control
'Doing nothing' a place of surprising activity
Update: damn, I'm so nothing, so humble, so ego-less, I forgot to search my own blog via Google. Discovered that I've written a lot about nothing. Some would say, yeah, everything you write is a bunch of nothing.
Doing Nothing. Sounds like my sort of anti-religion.
Doing nothing is the best meditation.
Nowhere to go, nothing to do, no one to become.
Doing nothing, do everything. Taoism is cool!
"Nothing" is my spiritual resolution for the New Year
Mysticism is all about doing...nothing
And if you'd rather just press a "play button" and watch a God is Nothing video, feel free:
Hi
My question is definately off-topic because it is about the creation, so I will not be offended if it is lost in the moderation-process.
The question is:
Are we alone?, or are we just one of many Big Bang creations?
Where all the Big Bang Creations are in orbit to other Big Bangs or in orbit to something else?
Posted by: Carl Botha | August 17, 2013 at 01:19 PM