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In “Why Are We Rushing toward Oblivion,” we looked at why we are such a restless species. In “What Does It Mean to Do Nothing” we really drilled down into the confusion around what it means not to be restless, and instead just do nothing.
Now we are going to give you a simple way to discover the art of doing nothing for yourself.

We live in a world where a common rebuke is “Don’t just sit there, do something” – so it is no surprise to discover that doing nothing is regarded as kind of weird.
As we have explained in answer to the question, “Why Are We Rushing toward Oblivion,” we humans are all very very busy! And if by chance we are left with the smallest gap between one busyness and another busyness, we anxiously fill it with something… a quick check of our smartphone… anything, but something!

Life today is one big rush! Everything has to happen now, or better yesterday.
Exactly where does everyone think they are rushing to? Modern humans have caught some frenetic disease that causes them to run around in circles like chickens with no heads.

For millions of years, whenever we felt we were threatened by something dangerous, we instinctively reacted.

Today, when someone insults us or says something hurtful, unconsciously we revert to that old habit and react, even though we are not in any danger at all. Just our feelings are hurt, and our ego is pinched!
And what is that reaction?

“All compulsions become slaveries.” Osho

Your human brain is probably the first wonder of the world! Tens of billions of cells with zillions of connections, buzzing with activity that allows you to read these words from anywhere on the planet. In fact, part of the buzzing is the process of verbalizing, putting words on experiences and events. We can call this activity “minding” – a process that we often just call “the mind.”

Osho,
Why do so many people today feel that their life has no meaning, what is being called the “meaning crisis”?
 “The modern mind is feeling more meaningless than has ever been the case because the past centuries lived in a kind of stupor, sleep. There was much orthodoxy. Convention was heavy and strong. The citadel of religion was very, very great, powerful, dictatorial. People lived for centuries in belief.

Osho,
You have explained in detail how the modern mind is feeling more meaningless than has ever been the case. You have explained very clearly how we got here. Can you explain where you see that we need to go from here?

Time Left Before We Become Contemporaries of Osho

Osho,
Why do we resist becoming more conscious? It seems we do everything possible to avoid it. Is there a risk that we just get stuck here forever?

“Most of the people in the world are trying to be as unconscious as possible, because what little consciousness they know is nothing but anxiety, anguish, worry. It is a torture, a tension.

Osho,
What is creativity?
“Creativity is a very paradoxical state of consciousness and being: it is action through inaction, it is what Lao Tzu calls wei wu wei. It is allowing something to happen through you.