encounters with nondual awareness

Less and less is done,
'till only non-action remains.
Nothing is done,
yet nothing is left undone.
Tao Te Ching (48)

From Self to Self
Leo Hartog

flow

Tao, without doing anything,
leaves nothing undone.
Tao Te Ching (37)
 

We all know the feeling of being in the flow of things. At such times, we lose ourselves in our activity. Writers frequently have this experience when the words seem to simply pour onto the page and they have no idea what the next line is going to be until they write it.

Most athletes also have moments when suddenly everything clicks and they manage to perform beyond their normal capacity. There are sometimes moments during lovemaking when lovers melt into a union that knows no separate individuality. Or what about narrowly averted accidents on the highway where you later wonder just who was steering the car? I'm sure if you think about it, you have had several such experiences in which you forgot yourself and everything seemed to magically fall into place.

This forgetfulness is very different from forgetting your friend's birthday or where you put your glasses. Nor is it like the absent-mindedness induced by too much booze or too many tranquillizers. It is a forgetfulness that is alert and alive. This losing oneself in the flow is a taste of what is meant by "the action of non-action."

All works are being done by the Gunas (or the energy and power) of nature, but due to the delusion of ego, people assume themselves to be the doer.
The Bhagavad-Gita Copyright 1988 by Dr Ramanand Prasad

Source: From Self To Self by Leo Hartog

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