09-15-2006, 06:55 AM
It was a joke on my part to ask if not-doings can be serious and not serious.
As for effects, i think there are two types of not-doings. First one is doing habitual things another way, which helps to be more aware. Doing new things not included, only habitual things done another way. That's why what DrakeWan wrote about isn't not-doing, it's a new doing: 'Pulling dried clusters of wheat grains and randomly dropping them as I walk.. or doing the same with leaves...' You don't usually drop anything as you
walk. Or this: 'answering people back with what they just said, only twisting it around' A new doing, too. Not answering could be a not-doing.
The second type is concentration on things usually unnoticed - shadows, etc; gazing, and other tricks (like tonal overload). Stops the inner dialogue and builds inner silence.
As for effects, i think there are two types of not-doings. First one is doing habitual things another way, which helps to be more aware. Doing new things not included, only habitual things done another way. That's why what DrakeWan wrote about isn't not-doing, it's a new doing: 'Pulling dried clusters of wheat grains and randomly dropping them as I walk.. or doing the same with leaves...' You don't usually drop anything as you
walk. Or this: 'answering people back with what they just said, only twisting it around' A new doing, too. Not answering could be a not-doing.
The second type is concentration on things usually unnoticed - shadows, etc; gazing, and other tricks (like tonal overload). Stops the inner dialogue and builds inner silence.