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Originally Posted by happy soul
- non-resistance
- effortless and natural
- allowing of connection to Source and divine nature
- lets thoughts and feelings come and go on their own, innocently and naturally
- simple being, free, at peace
- naturally free of conflict and mental manipulation
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I really enjoy this description of non-meditation, even if the animal analogue is somewhat more tricky, as Rain95 says. As I see it, non-meditation might be seen as nurturing a state of mind that is neither active nor reactive. Not active, as in we are not trying for any activity or technique. Not reactive, as we are not following our "reptilian brain" mindlessly with such reactions as a cat chasing a fly. Of course, that sort of reactivity is also what we may seek to still through other forms of meditation and technique, but perhaps non-meditation can be considered a state of being—even if only temporary—between triggers (reactions) that pull us away from this state of mind and techniques (actions) that may help to return us to this state of being.