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“The mind always finds it easier to run, to fight, because then there is something to do. If you say to the mind, ‘Don’t do anything,’ that is the most difficult thing.” — Osho

September for me is all about doing nothing. I have bought nothing except my own basic necessities. No new clothes. No movies. No trips to the Starbucks. Caramel Machiattos? Nope. No magazines. No fancy hair gel. Nothing except what it takes to live. It was so liberating to say “I just want to do nothing”. One might think that it is difficult to stop doing when what you are doing is not what you want to do. Does that mean we just sit right there and watch the moon? That doesn’t seem to make sense does it? But eventhough it’s so easy to say that, more essentially our mind is aware of it.

My past entries was nothing but a few old Me-Me’s. It was an easy task, probably an endless string of unhappy doings. Like who cares? I did a lot of that just because it was easier to answer questions - - voluntarily. In reality, it may be more difficult than ceasing doing something you enjoy doing. But wait a minute, thinking about not doing something is really thinking about doing, right? If we were able to stop thinking, we would be doing nothing.

So in a comfortable sense, I’ve done a few “least” of things (economically) like working on my feet without using an elevator, eating simple food without looking at the menus, sleeping on the right time without bothering an alarm clock. No smoke. Correction, smoking less without bothering to ran half a block to buy a pack at the 7-11 stores. I’m serious.

My goal was to break the grip of materialism in my heart and mind. What important is, I’d live inside my head. I use my eyes to see the beautiful life, I have my ears to listen to the sound of music. And if I want to see a scene, I push my feet around by walking from my flat to go to work. I also have a nose to warn me when there’s something tasty to eat. It helps my mouth and toungue to identify my right kind of food. I use my mouth to speak the words that sometimes aren’t good but at least I say what’s in my heart. I can raise my arms and hands that let me touch and feel and that they are still moving.

Such is life. I live mostly inside my head. “How lonely”, you might say, but all is not bad, not lonely, not sad. It’s the reason why I live because ultimately, it’s a joy being in a moment than wanting for anything else.

I will see you all in October.

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