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in indigenous cultures, “doing nothing” felt nothing like our modern “doing nothing.” there are modes of sensing & communing & listening w nature that look like “doing nothing” to western eyes - & inside feel rich, alive, a tapestry of love & presence bw all of creation.
also inspired bc: my ritual study group walked me through a few such expanded modes of “doing nothing” and now I can sensorially listen through rocks in a forest and, hooo boyyyy 💕🌿 appreciation to our dear teacher for stewarding and transmitting lost wisdom. 🏔
YES here’s the original thread. y’all it’s not that they’re “doing nothing”, what an odd frame. they’re inhabiting deep presences that our culture doesn’t. and also we can relearn em. we can no longer grow up with them - but we can find them again. https://t.co/vXFXIxLoob
cite also, 3:30-4:00 of this podcast. native american trackers “listened through their [long, natural] hair” & lost that sense when the military required them to buzz-cut. (cc @wholebodyprayer as a fellow long-hair-on-everyone appreciator 😊) https://t.co/6sCdJQ8nj0
@relic_radiation Even in much of the Western world, "doing nothing" was a popular activity until fairly recently. Older southerners in the US still do a lot of porch sitting for example. It's over the past ~50 years especially that people started thinking they always have to be doing something
@relic_radiation more on doing nothing in pre-modern cultures https://t.co/fACt3eVjbM