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Originally Posted by wolfgang  Reminds me of "wu wei" of Taoist thought. |
I am glad you noticed wolfgang
Lao Tzu taught that Tao or
The Way was a way of ‘non-action’ – not inaction but rather a harmonization of one’s personal will with the natural flow of life.
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Originally Posted by wolfgang I wonder what "the less I try" means or feels like to you. |
As the great sage above said - it is not inaction but non action. Who knows what lies behind the veil of the manifest world in the realm of the unmanifest.
One way I access it is by stilling my mind. Here is what I do sometimes...
I imagine my mind is like a lake. I can see small waves and hear the water lapping against the shore. I imagine that my thoughts are like waves causing ripples in the lake. Then I try to still my thoughts so that the lake becomes perfectly calm.
If a thought enters my mind is causes a little wave. I simply allow the wave to lap against the shore. It is similar to the feeling of letting go of a thought. It creates a small wave and then it is gone.
When the lake has become perfectly calm I am usually in a deeply relaxed state and can use that moment for intentions. When I introduce an intention it is like a pebble dropping into this great big lake causing ripples to emanate across the entire lake. Then I just let it go...