I have always wondered what would happen if we just do nothing, no effort absolutely, what would happen to the mind? what would it reveal? would it liberate us? Is this what meditation is mostly about?
Every single day/moment, I'm always expending effort towards something or the other. If I'm physically still then mentally I start moving more. According to me continuous thinking can only happen with effort, that means we are habitually putting some effort into accomplishing this. What if I completely drop all effort?Just let go with absolutely no judgment?
I think definitely something seriously profound would be revealed if the mind reaches its true equilibrium. Maybe it would separate us clearly from the mind, because the mind would simply become imperceptible because of almost 0 activity. It might even reveal if the mind is a mere illusion because of the continuous effort we put into it.
I get interesting insights when I think of our body and mind like systems in nature. We have limited reward chemicals in our body and they need to replenish too after they are used. No matter what happens, we will always come back to some kind of equilibrium. For e.g.: If we keep doubling our money, our pleasure return would exponentially decrease. This also means, if you are terribly depressed and you just stop thinking or paying attention to any thought, the mind would come back to equilibrium since your putting no effort. Maybe we are all no different from any plant or animal, and power, money, morals, intelligence etc. are all just hyped out illusions which have many smaller illusion layers supporting them.
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