There is a way to eradicate the light-speed, blind reactions and the habitual confusion. The way is very simple. It boils down to just two words: do nothing. That’s it. Do nothing. Sit quietly in a room alone and do nothing. Watch the monkey mind and do not try to fix it or eliminate it or drown it out or engage it.
This is doing non-doing. Observe the mind, on autopilot as usual, screaming editorial comments from the sidelines like some frenzied play-by-play announcer and do nothing about it. Don't turn the monologue into a dialogue. Do nothing. “Nothing to see here, folks. Let’s keep it moving.”
IAN McCRORIE has traveled the world, studied with renowned teachers and lived as a recluse in meditation. Now a householder, he lives with his wife and two children in Ottawa, Ontario. He has written two books of poetry, The Moon Appears When the Water is Still and The Children of Silence and Slow Time also published by Pariyatti.