One of the results on the first page is from Shinzen Young, a Buddhist teacher. Read page 7, "How to do nothing":
"In other words,you don’t have to try to get to the Source—you just stop doing anything and wait for it to get to you!"
Then recall the Taoist phrase "do nothing, and everything is done." And here's a quote from the translator's intro to Longchenpa's Radical Dzogchen:
In fact, to reach the point of relaxation in the moment that provides intimation of rigpa, nonaction is the sole precept.
Recall that in Dzogchen, resting continuously in rigpa is equivalent to the full enlightenment of a Buddha.
And watch Tony Parsons here at 15:00: http://www.youtube.com/
Q: So in order to come out of the dream, I have to do nothing?
A: No, no, because if you think you have to do nothing, then there's someone doing nothing. All you end up with is someone doing nothing, and that has no relevance to awakening at all. Because what you are is someone very busily doing nothing.
Q: So what can I do?
A: (Smirks, eyebrows raise, and shrugs with hands raised. Much laughter from the audience, and someone blurts out, "nothing.") I'll tell you what you could do, you could start a club. There's a guy over there... you could call it the "I'm f*ing pissed off club."
He's a teacher in "neo-Advaita," which is a somewhat maligned tradition for good reason. If you suck at it, you'll end up like character B here without realizing it.
But if you catch the fundamental gist of what all of these pointers are about, I can't imagine that you end up in different places with each of them. That's certainly what some (most) proponents of the traditions would have you believe, but I just don't buy it.
After all, how many different ways can there be to truly do nothing?
After all, how many different ways can there be to truly do nothing?
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