'Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.'
(Another quote attributed to Lao Tzu )
Here's the caveat: the mind is always up to something and never doing nothing!
What then was Lao Tzu getting at? Perhaps this: when we stop being busy doing nothing (or even busy doing something) we can start to do a different kind of nothing, we can be still and observe the mind.
This kind of doing nothing is really something!
It is now common knowledge that what is going on in our conscious mind, what we are aware of, is the tip of a very large iceberg. It may be compared to the shallow end of a swimming pool. That's where
It is often asked, 'What do we do in meditation?' Do we work with the mind? Is it some sort of thinking about thinking? If so, is that not self-indulgent navel-gazing that will change nothing? Might
We have just completed the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Course (6 weeks) at Blackwood Wellbeing Centre. This was the first time the course has been offered at this venue. General meditation sess