Is it okay to do Nothing?

3/27/2022 Without external stimulation, I’m happy just being with my own thoughts! I’m sometimes the happiest when there are no thoughts and just a sense of calm. I’ve gone from following my thoughts to being able to follow the “senses”, if that makes any sense. I follow the little energetic vibrations that the joy or love create in the body.

I think our society has a huge problem with facing their darkness and I think that we all have it. The problem is that we busy ourselves so our minds are occupied so we don’t have to face our problems and actually think about them. We have a TV show (or 2 or 3) that we watch that takes up that portion of the day. Then we have all these chores we tell ourselves we need to get done…okay, that part of the day covered. In the end we can’t just sit still and just be.

I used to have this problem. ( Oh, my God!, did I have this problem! ) In fact, it’s still engrained in my system and I catch myself slipping back into it, at times. My mind tells me I’m a failure because, here I am, at 6 p.m. with nothing to do, when shouldn’t I be working on some amazing project that’s going to get me ahead in life? I suppose I could, but why not sit here with a glass of whisky, some music and a smile on my face? What’s so wrong with that? Time and time again, I feel like the answer is, absolutely nothing! I’d rather be happy doing nothing than just okay keeping my mind occupied with something.

Have you ever explored the deep recesses of your conscious mind? Have you ever noticed the ridiculous thought patterns you may have going on up there? I wrote about the time I began this process in my post How Human Construct Controls How You Think about Everything. What I found was that my habitual thoughts didn’t even make sense. They just went on and on and on, in a mind-numbing pattern, serving me no PURPOSE, and passing the time along.

I WANT MY TIME BACK!  I must have years’ worth of time wasted on such thought patterns.

My solution to this problem has been to choose not to think. I know that sounds absurd but it’s worked to make me a happier person. I had so much self-judgment up there (in my mind) that I didn’t even know existed until I started following the thoughts that went on in my brain.

I had to learn that it’s okay to sit in silence and not think anything at all. To just open your heart and let happiness come in without a stimulus.

To just be.

***I am not a professional and what I am sharing should not be taken as medical advice. I am sharing my own personal experiences.