For all our dreams and challenges, most people believe there is a price to pay. For every problem that needs to be fixed or goal to be achieved it is widely accepted that we should exhaust all possible interventions and work hard. Until we have tried everything, we just haven't done enough.
When there's nothing left to do, begin that. It may be the toughest thing you've ever tried, or you might think of it as that tropical oasis vacation you didn't think you could give yourself. Doing nothing is the secret ingredient without which real and lasting change is impossible to make. Doing nothing enables the discovery of something unknown to our system of knowing and all the possibilities that can be dreamed from it.
Try this: Notice the space between your words and thoughts..............take a vacation there................ Breathe into it..................Let that space grow longer and more expansive...................Do this nothingness often.......Especially when listening.....Notice how quickly the mind jumps to fill-in the blanks and affirm, "Nevermind"................Let the space between continue to grow as you allow yourself to not know.................That's lucid.
photo: Playa del Secreto by lecates at flickr.com via creative commons license
