Doing Nothing

lobster

The world is very organic and fluid. Swings and roundabouts. How can we make a difference? Work on the Butterfly effect? The ripple in the pond? There is a sufis saying, 'if you do small things well, great things seek you out to be done'.

Should we like the Jains not be effecting or effective?

Beej

its all small things.....great things are always exaggerations of the sum of many small things. so, yes! we should do the small things!

Vastmind

Tiny droplets of water make a mighty ocean.

Jeffrey

I like the sufi saying.

upekka

lobster said:

The ripple in the pond?

have already thrown the stone into the pool
doing nothing does not stop the ripple now

however

if do the things slowly and mindfully (slowly put a finger into the pond)
would not make new ripples

and

simmer down the ripple in due time

it will be a
Still Pool

pegembara

Although it may appear that one is doing nothing, things are being "done". There is breathing, scratching, swallowing, movements, thinking etc etc etc. Even bathing and washing is doing something! And sometimes is the best thing "to do" is to do "nothing".