Q: How can non-action be of use where action is needed?
M: Where action is needed, action happens. Man is not the actor. His purpose is to be aware of what is happening. His very presence is action. The window is the absence of the wall and it provides air and light because it is empty.
Be empty of all mental content, of all imagination and effort, and the very absence of obstacles will cause reality to rush in. If you really want to help a person, keep away. If you are emotionally committed to helping, you will fail to help.
You may be very busy and be very pleased with your charitable nature, but not much will be done. A man is really helped when he is no longer in need of help. All else is just futility.
(From the book - I am That
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What is your take on non-action?
What practice helps you/has helped you see through the illusion of effort? Or what is your current relationship with effort?