The Spirit is Willing, but the Flesh is Weak

Hey Stefano-

I often wonder about this topic as well. My own battle with laziness - and the difference between being lazy and being content just being without doing - often has me perplexed. There are times when I feel like I could let the whole world spin on by and be perfectly okay not chasing after it or trying to fix it (or fix 'me'). Then there are times when I feel like I'm just avoiding the madness of it all. This usually depends on how much of my to-do list I've accomplished - or if I've even looked at the to-do list at all.

David Deida says something about this in his book, Instant Enlightenment. I'm paraphrasing because I don't have the book in front of me, but he basically says: Screw it. Be as lazy as you can, in the name of Love, and refuse to do anything...until Love moves through you to move as you in whatever you do.(end paraphrase) This 'non technique' takes alot of faith, and it's a slippery slope because whenever I approach laziness like this, Love seems to love laying in bed with me and she not moving far or doing much (relatively) at all (:-)....

As far as the Flesh being weak, well, Spirit needs it to move through something - and Spirit supposedly created it - so it has no one to complain to regarding it's own design. But still, Laziness and Sloth get a bad rep from all religions it seems. I don't know. Eckhart Tolle says he sat on a bench for a couple of years after waking up, just to readjust to his new sense of being (not doing) - and I heard him say in person that he'll refuse to rush or even meet deadlines from publishers (unless it's making travel plans). This doesn't necessarily imply laziness in his interior but his exterior certainly appears as such...

An image just passed through me, of the First Lazy Sunday, when God was done with the good work chilling in the Garden, eating some fruit...

Anyway. Great question! Can't wait to see what others say...

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