hitting a drum to stop it banging

There was a man, who dedicated his whole life,

to stopping the waves,

oppressing the sand.

~

There are many who will try and alter the world, and not the source of the world. As if hitting a drum would make it quiet.

Acion!

No action, such as trying to become 'not the doer', trying to achieve oneness, attempting meditation, doing yoga, is in itself useful and it can even be detrimental.

These actions are only of use when the result is unity.

More likely they occur when unity is already the case:

"Ah, this is it! I sit!"

and not:

"I must sit and act what I am not."

Do? Hard?

What is to be done? Nothing to be done. How to do it? You don't.

If enlightenment were done by the master, if it were some act, then it would be out of reach of some and something to be done or maintained - it could be lost.

Being is effortlessly being. Not trying.

Gain Gain Gain

You want to be given wealth and material reward? Go to work.

You want to be fed by the infinite stream and have bliss in every moment? Give up doing.

 

Perfectly at rest

 

The master does nothing, and the best advice is to do nothing.