Stop DOING you moron!

Inside me there is a voice right from the time I spring up from bed in the morning. It constantly tells me what I should be doing next. One after another, I create Karma in a day, across a week and over years. Do, Do and Do. Do something all the time.

Why is this constant penchant for Doing something or the other? This thought came to me strongly when I was meditating today. Unlike today, the other days when I meditate, I do some surya namaskarams, I become impatient because a thought came to me about a person I deal in office to whom I should have sent a email. Then I invariably hurry up my yoga and meditation - not a possibility when such "Do this" thought come to me.

So today I was contemplating on this question suddenly. I asked myself, who am I if Iam not doing any of this? Its pretty blank. The reason why Iam maniacally driven into "do something" is because I dont want to feel this blank. More because I dont know what it is. And no one around me seem to be visibly doing less. They all do more and they seem to do all the time something.

I feel in some sense the concept of 'time' is created within you when you "Do something". If you practice non-doing (How do you do that?) may be there is lot of time for obvious reasons. For example, come December and I have to plan on my vacation somewhere with my family. Then it creates a mountain of things to do before you go in a short span of time.

Why am I not fine as is? Why should I do something to know Iam there. Yes, the 'I' gets created and often grown by this doing. If I do nothing, then there is less of what I have created as myself in the view of this world. There is a craving in every one to show to the rest of the world some identity of him. All these seem to be intricately woven and entangled.

Drop the doing , you drop the I and you drop the misery you undergo. You have more time to watch and decide on what really gives you the pleasure in life and do that fully. Most of us are fortunately indirectly guided towards something worthy of doing. But this is very less and a large part is filled with rubbish.

Next time when the voice comes in you "Do this" or "Do that" , pause and reflect and most of the time you may end up leaving it for better ones.