A Talk About Nothing | Ajahn Brahm [Reflections]

“To help us understand the beauty and joy of nothingness Ajahn Brahm talks about his spiritual experience in the jungles of Central America. Ajahn Brahm challenges us to spend half a day on our weekend doing nothing (just simply giving ourselves an opportunity to become peaceful).”

Reflections:

Meditation is not so hard. All we have to do is do nothing. We’re so used to doing things, dwelling on what we do, do not do, don’t want to do, and will one day do, that we forget what it’s like to do nothing. But when we can let go of our thoughts about the past and future, when we can rest in the space of the moment, not trying to gain anything, go anywhere, or be anyone, we can find so much freedom.

We can take delight in being who we are.

We’ve become habituated to planning for futures that will never come, busying ourselves with errands, dwelling on our past mistakes, desiring what we don’t have, and avoiding what we don’t like, that when we do have the chance to do nothing, we often are still trying to do something.

To do nothing is easy. All we have to do is let things be.

Then we can watch the trees grow.