12-18-2007, 05:41 AM
Not knowing is the core not-doing.
Being natural, without knowledge/past is the greatest not-doing. Everything you do in this 'state' is a not-doing. Whereas you can contrive many not-doings using your knowledge or following a book which is knowledge, but these won't be true not-doings IMO. For example, I know it is considered a not-doing to put your belt on backwards or brush your teeth with your non-dominant hand, but these are still knowledge - simply doing the opposite of what you usually do. This may throw a wrench in your routines and bring about an opportunity for self-awareness, but it's not a not-doing - it's doing the opposite. A true not-doing, as I saw it today, doesn't come from knowledge; all knowledge is doing, is the mind doing - as long as the mind gets to stay in control, gets to be who you look to for answers, it'll let you practice anything you want - because it's still doing.
Today, as I was drying off from a shower, I dried off in a new way that wasn't my normal routine, and it just happened, naturally - not because I intended to or had a thought about drying differently or not-doing, but because I had no thoughts, because my mind/knowledge/memory wasn't there. And I then saw that that was not-doing: 'I' wasn't doing it. Nor can 'I' ever repeat the way I dried off and call it a not-doing ever again.
I understand this may be different from CC's not-doing and its definition(s), but it is within the context.
Just notice this: anything done without knowledge/mind/thought is a not-doing. Then compare that not-doing with brushing your teeth or putting your belt on backwards... The no-mind state is much more vital and present.
Being natural, without knowledge/past is the greatest not-doing. Everything you do in this 'state' is a not-doing. Whereas you can contrive many not-doings using your knowledge or following a book which is knowledge, but these won't be true not-doings IMO. For example, I know it is considered a not-doing to put your belt on backwards or brush your teeth with your non-dominant hand, but these are still knowledge - simply doing the opposite of what you usually do. This may throw a wrench in your routines and bring about an opportunity for self-awareness, but it's not a not-doing - it's doing the opposite. A true not-doing, as I saw it today, doesn't come from knowledge; all knowledge is doing, is the mind doing - as long as the mind gets to stay in control, gets to be who you look to for answers, it'll let you practice anything you want - because it's still doing.
Today, as I was drying off from a shower, I dried off in a new way that wasn't my normal routine, and it just happened, naturally - not because I intended to or had a thought about drying differently or not-doing, but because I had no thoughts, because my mind/knowledge/memory wasn't there. And I then saw that that was not-doing: 'I' wasn't doing it. Nor can 'I' ever repeat the way I dried off and call it a not-doing ever again.
I understand this may be different from CC's not-doing and its definition(s), but it is within the context.
Just notice this: anything done without knowledge/mind/thought is a not-doing. Then compare that not-doing with brushing your teeth or putting your belt on backwards... The no-mind state is much more vital and present.