I was brought up to under the influence that if you weren't "doing something" you were wasting time. Later it was if you aren't creating, projecting into the future, lasooing the next big dream or opportunity, or multitasking more fun into your busy schedule you were either lazy or lacking in enthusiasm, ability and imagination. Loser. It's tiring just imagining that pace let alone trying to live it.
This measurement of productivity appeared to be calculated by how much physical achievements one could manifest in the least amount of time. The only time "doing nothing" was an acceptable hiatus from activity was when we were on vacation and we're given temporary permission to put aside work related to duties and success. Much of the need for over scheduled activity can be attributed to anxiousness and fear of missing something or appearing unproductive and wasteful. The ultimate goal was to wring out every last drop of life we were owed by all this blood sweat and tears.
However, lately I have discovered that the highest and purest vibration and visions of my deepest life, appreciation and fulfillment are far better received and absorbed when I am quiet, inside and out. Doing nothing has ceased to be a lack of activity but a conscious choice to become a receiver rather than an unconscious, driven, perpetual doer. Then can my world, or the experience of my world broaden and expand. What I hear when I'm not too busy to listen, what I see when I am not trying to be selective, and what I feel when I have no specific agenda far exceeds my imagination if I just sit for a while and "do nothing". I have come to find its truly something.
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