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Have you heard the cosmological argument, out of nothing the whole universe was created? You do not have to literally agree with this argument. I am just using it to demonstrate the power we believe and know to exist in NOTHING.
I have done all sorts of exercises and jobs which I thought were difficult to do but when I tried the exercise of doing NOTHING, I realized how difficult it is to undertake that exercise compared to my previous activities.
Our contemporary society has burdened us with a lot and gradually, our bodies have come to accept ‘doing’ many things at a time as the default functioning position. Therefore, doing a lot has become less difficult for us compared to doing NOTHING.
If you think I am lying, why don’t you also try the exercise of doing NOTHING in order to experience the power and wonders of doing NOTHING?
Have you ever asked why some spiritual people and seekers of inner peace practice meditation, which is not far from the concept of doing NOTHING?
In order to experience and benefit from the power of doing NOTHING, try to sit down for a minimum of one hour—doing NOTHING.
Doing NOTHING means, you cannot answer or be on your phone, watch TV or engage yourself in any activity that will keep your body or mind busy. All you have to do is sit down and relax (make sure you do not fully fall asleep) and let your mind wander without you trying to control it for a minimum of an hour.
Apart from the fact that you will get up an hour later more relaxed than you have ever been in life, doing NOTHING gives you the time to reminisce. By doing NOTHING, you will be able to assess, analyze and review what you’ve done and doing in life, whether or not you should continue doing these things. When you undertake this peaceful moment of silence, you get to see the usefulness, of doing something or anything in life.
Even though, most cultures see doing NOTHING as a waste of time and a sign of laziness/irresponsibility— creative and smart people understand that doing NOTHING offers a deeper awareness from our intuitive mind.
Science has explained that the area of our brain known as the prefrontal cortex is most active during self preoccupation. This is part of the most advanced structure of our brain and that is what separates us from other animals that cannot calculate or analyze like human beings.
When doing NOTHING, the prefrontal cortex enjoys the silence it receives and the brain moves to a deeper state where intuitive thoughts and imagination come through without being controlled, force, curtailed, judged, or censored.
This somehow explains why meditation is important to certain smart people. This also explains why we get so many great ideas while showering or half-dozing; a relaxed frame of mind is conducive to insight, bringing forth new knowledge or ideas without forcing it…
In fact, the ideas for most of my great articles come to me when I am in the shower.
Can you ever pour more water in cup that’s already full? In order to fill an already occupied cup, you must make space for the new substance. When you do NOTHING for a period of time, you create the space needed to make new things. When your brain is fully engaged or busy, its creativity is weakened.
This may not be the case for all but is it not interesting that most successful entrepreneurs started their companies after they were fired from their previous jobs and had nothing to do for a while?
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