Why We Must Learn the Art of Doing Nothing | Vantage with Palki Sharma
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- Why We Must Learn the Art of Doing Nothing | Vantage with Palki Sharma
Niksen, is a Dutch concept of “doing nothing”. It is a stress-relief practice based on just being rather than being present. It comes with a lot of perks. It helps regain focus and increases productivity. It can even boost creativity. There are physical benefits as well. Niksen can help curtail ageing, anxiety and stress. It can boost immunity. Despite an array of benefits, niksen can be difficult to achieve. Yet this is fuelling a growing number of stress and anxiety related problems. The world faces a crisis of burnout. Will practising niksen help? Why do we resist doing nothing? Palki Sharma tells you.
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In my first office job, I was stressing out and overworking after office hours, worrying about results. But reading the Bhagavad Gita, it changed my life completely. I started to not care too much about work or life happenings anymore, it gave me the mindset, "Do your best, and God will do the rest." After all not everything is in our hands. From there on, I rather became more productive and more chill, people sometimes may think I am not taking it serious, but I don't care, it's better to be chill than stressed out.
HariBol
You don't even have to do your best. Life is pre written (every second of it) and you can't change it. At least that's what I believe in now. I always believed in destiny in the past as well🙂
Let me give you my life story as an example -
I am 34. Born & raised in India and living in the US since 2006.
I got married to love of my life in 2012
Bought 2.5 million dollar home in 2015
Blessed with a daughter in 2017
Life was great 🙂
2020 - we divorced out of nowhere - a few verbal arguments here and there for a couple weeks and ex wife wanted divorce. I didn't want divorce.
During the same time, I lost my job where I worked for 6 years without any issues. I got another job within weeks because of my experience. Again no big deal.
Had to sell our home because of divorce.
Now, I am renting a one bedroom apartment. I can easily buy a fancy new house, but I have 0 motivation now.
The worst of all - I get to see my daughter only 50% of the times. She would never see her mom-dad together.
I also always wanted a big family - 3-4 kids. Now, I don't care about getting married again. I have decided to never remarry (or how I like to say it - it's part of my destiny)🙂
Moral of the story is - Don't try to change anything. Let life happen to you. You can't change your destiny. If you are meant to be jobless, you'll be jobless. If you meant to be homeless, you'll be homeless. If you meant to be a billionaire, you'll be billionaire and all of that is pre written and that is too way before you were born 🙂
@@rrboss3721 Sorry to hear what happened and I am happy you are moving ahead. But our life destiny doesnt decide everything in our life it is our actions. Destiny controls major events birth, death, midlife crisis. But we can still make it or break it. The choice is ours. Even i went through bad divorce. I was loosing myself and on verge of self destruction when I discovered spirituality. It really helped calm my mind, accept the outcomes of my actions. Astrologer told I will be settling in abroad. I decided not to. We can change our life for good if you focus on positive side and for bad if we keep cribbing anout what happened, gets demotivated. I have seen people destroy their own lives because of love failures. It is because of their own choices not destiny. Like the first comment do your best, God will take care of rest. Also one more thing I learnt ups and downs are to make us a better person. Learn karmic lessons. But whether we become or not or will do the same mistakes again is up to us.
Be honest and hard working ,leave the rest to the system,human or universal .
@@rrboss3721 Hey bro, I like you perspective towards life. I do not know your whole story but I wish u a lot of happiness in ur life & to your daughter. Hare Krishna.
@@rrboss3721Yes, you're right. It's all pre-determined and free will is an illusion.
And we Dutch are very good at niksen. We work to live but we don't live to work. Love from The Netherlands.🖐👋
het liefs niksen we de hele dag 😂
Hahah lekker niksen! En goed gezegd: we werken om te leven en niet omgekeerd! 😁👍
Cannabis plus NIKSEN is paradise... NL 👍.... 😊😊😊
hi brother
Ec@@Tropicalgodzilla Echt hoor! 😊
It’s very close to our Shrimad Bhagwad Geeta concept of doing without worrying about outcome.
You are right, these people have distorted our knowledge and presented it to the world in their own way and after selling it they say it is art.
@@Kalu69_what makes you think only “we” got all the knowledge? The Greek stoicism is very similar to Buddhist philosophy. Good ideas can arise independently in multiple societies
@@shantanushekharsjunerft9783The timeline of Indian scriptures are far older than yours. Our country is civilised when your country men were hunting 😅
@@saishashi9978 yeah I know it was all written 12 billion years ago
@@shantanushekharsjunerft9783 You are right, this time...😊
“This does not mean that one stares at the wall” 🤣🤣 Palki you beauty!!!! Apart from the brilliant grip you have on every matter that you cover, Your punchlines and humour is simply icing on the cake. My favourite journalist you are.
I love you Palki.
🌷humor is a sign of wit in her case beauty too 💖✨… not creepy 😜
Not too keen; on her voice,
though; T.B.H.: -Sigh.
Stress is a part of life,but burn out doesn't have to be❤❤❤
I think palki watched KingPing staring at the wall
if staring at the blank wall, blanks the mind, and helps a person achieve Niksen, what's the problem...
Me am burnt out from over resting. I've niksened my entire life. Wow!!!
Me too 😁
Play video games, eat, sleep and niksen. Let others worry about world domination
Oh dear. 🥺
GOOD JOB - KEEP AT IT.
I experienced burnout when I was 23 years old .... It took me sometime to figure out what was wrong with me but once I did I basically slowed down ! .... Instead of working all the time I reduced the amount of work I was doing and did it at much steadier pace which made me happy and joyful .... Now it's more quality than quantity for me and I pretty much operate stressfree ! .... 🙏 ....🙂 ....
I admire her reporting prowess and articulate nature and fluency her reporting....
She chooses critical issues on world happenings/events very precisely... I love watching her...
This would be a much better world if more people took this advice. Much healthier one too. Sad to say, millions just can’t do it. Many just don’t know how to just chill. Easier said than done.
I always enjoy being Niksen. Doing nothing is very easy but the problem here is people have a tendency to overthink about their unhappy past events and which will make them more depressed that’s why everyone wants to be engaged.Lots of people are going through difficult and unfortunate personal situations while they are being highly successful at work. People try to manage their personal stress due to family problems with high productivity at work. Usually men does that.
I agree 100 percent to NIKSEN.
.. Have been following this art from a very young age. My parents called me lazy, my friends said that I am a victim of procrastination. Though I could not explain the benefit of lazy days to others, deep inside l felt totally rejuvenated after NIKSEN time. Technology has its benefits but nothing can soothe our minds and boost up our health like nature does.
Read the Bhagabat Gita, an ancient Indian philosophy, the west have atlast understood it….
Everyone around me are cursing me. They don't understand me but I I completely believe in this "Art of doing Nothing" ( I do what I do and I do it at my own pace) it's not like I don't do anything but my instincts are my dictators and I listen to them.
Reading bhagavadgeetha and understand the essence will make more relaxed 😊
This, along with minimalism if taken on naturally would certainly help the individual and the world in a wholistic way. We call this here in India, the Dharmic way of living.
I always believed my whole life.... My talent will be officially recognized bu the whole world, the media, the news 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
I have mastered the Art of doing Nothing. It's now a field of my specialization. Soon, I'm looking forward to opening coaching classes for the same.😂😂😂
Me too😂😂😂
I have another talent similar to this but cant tell in public space 🫠
@@neo3823 creepy
That is what I like with Palki Sharma. She is holistic in approach to knowledge and life! Continue to inform and teach, madam! God bless you!
I am a professor in this art and now i am feeling proud... thanks palki for your kind words 😊
Palki, i call it puzzling.
Turning rainy day activities into a relaxing pre-bedtime routine, I engage in jigsaw puzzles featuring family and friends. Surprising them with these meaningful images framed as puzzles brings joy, accompanied by a flash drive filled with photos and a video capturing the puzzle's assembly. A brief story of the process and a silver proof coin matching their astrological sign adds a personal touch to this heartfelt gift.
That's my Niksen.
In the modern world, nealry all "productivity" actually involves coercive participation in destructive activity in some way, including limiting our own or other's freedom. Therefore, being "inactive" is less stressful and a step into the direction of true creativity
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Stress is a part of life,but burn out doesn't have to be❤❤❤ Thank you Palki, the one and only one 🎉
The entire core science of yoga and meditation is to get to this state. I am surprised why nixen is getting highlighted but meditation isn't. Shoonya is the actual practice for this and nixen is a new thing that is using up old indian ways.
Exactly!! That’s what I was thinking.. Meditation is just a tool to reach this point of nothingness in a way such that no effort is required.
Exactly!! That’s what I was thinking… Even though meditation requires some effort but it’s just a technique to reach the state of nothingness.
@@RajneeshBisht The problem is meditation is not fully and properly understood. There are too many people 'selling' meditation.
I'm doing this for 2 years and it has been working for me 😌 I'm healthier and stronger but poor at the same time 😔
Rich in Spirit!
Financially you may be , but spiritually you are not.
No attachments, No strings, No expectations enjoy the flow .. then every min is like a NIKSEN 😊
In Israel they also celebrate, Sabbath day Every week by doing nothing.. Nice Concept😊
Sabbath is nothing but Sunday
@@globalcitizennYou are wrong
@@globalcitizenn Shabaath is Saturday
Some of them are so lazy that they celebrate sabbath every day.
Meditation is just that, if one has understood the true meaning of it. The aim of meditation is to slow down the thoughts and detach from the so called productive and busy life.
That is what I am doing after retirement. Writing fiction (my mind and hands remain active), watching the waves caressing the beach (Niksen), watching the birds playing in my garden, flowers swaying in the wind (again Niksen)... life is beautiful.
Nothing : Dont do anything... ignore what comes in mind, what you want to do.... just go out slow walk....unintenationally avoid or skip everyone or everything...Just say "hmm" for everything.. dont get into anything to mind... I am following from last 2 years...do it frequently.... once or twice in a week... but at the end come back to track.... energize your body by the end of this course.
Best example....follow a Indian govt bank employee or govt officer mindset when they are in their office work.
the last line was epic
I had my laugh for sure. To tell you the truth we mocked the bank employees but in the day of digitisation, I owe my gratitude to the Bank employees as not once did they fudge nos. Like what the internet does in the west
Apparently, I have been practicing niksen for quite some time now. When asked what I do, I say, "As little as possible!". I put all or most of my energy into my relationship with my wife. Doing/giving for my wife energizes me always.
This was the same I was thinking to myself, but never knew such concept called Niksen. Thanks for upbringing the important topic Palki!!
World : Niksen
India : Nalla pan (नल्लापन)
😂😂
Vellapanti also😂😂😂
Eating 5 star 😂
@@abhilash2417 it's not idea, it's a way of life actually but u need deep level of understanding to realise this
World: NIKSEN
India : Callcenter scam
Today I got to know doing nothing is a Art 👍🤩👍
it's very tough to master... only monks can control it
Lol yeah. Kind of the world we are living in. Productive world or rather destructive world
In Bengali,we call it lyad khawa/ladkhor.
I just ❤it.Its refreshing & sort of relieving 😊😊
Everyone should do it😜
Dare to be idle, do something without the objective of change, without any expectations of good outcomes. Classic!!
Several years ago came across a book by Maharaj Nisargadatta "The Experience of Nothingness" edited by Robert Powell. It teaches to meditate on Nothing. No existence, no World and no Universe. It is deep sleep in the Awakening state. It works wonders in stress relief ❤
got a burnout at 32 . Since then when I feel a job will stress me out , I leave . I did it twice . You get to listen to your body because your health comes FIRST
Same with me
Last year I changed my working place for getting more free time rather than going for high salary. This year I'm feeling better than last year mentally.
We are going faster than actually required speed in our life to add millionaire to millions and billionaire to billion. It's not at all healthy for ordinary majority of people. It's just gimmick we want to be rich to be happy, it's all in our minds. We just need a job to support our family, everything will be okay in it's way.
I have mastered the art of doing nothing. Started when I was in my teens.
Freedom is if you don't have to do nothing and
don't have to pay for
nothing..
You can choose between
living or being lived..
Not a difficult issue if
you realise that you only
live once!😎
Men have a nothing box we can put our brains in and think of literally nothing ( its called a football game or fishing or going for a drive) we have been blessed with this ability and should use it often
I am the master of it by God's Grace 😇🙇♀️🙏
😂😂😂
😁😁😁😁😁😁😁
This concept is there very much for a long time in Tamil spiritual culture. It is called ‘Summa iru’ which means ‘Just be’. Refer to Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharishi’s teachings or Arunagirinadhar’s teachings. As usual, many like it only when it is marketed by westerners (e.g. Yoga).
Same thing is mentioned in Bhagavat Geetha, Its called Ni- Karma. The one who does karma in Ni-Karma( In action) and does in-action( Ni-Karma) in Karma ( Action) is a Enlighten human.
Reducing the number of activities I completed in a day gave me thinking time, and I focused on giving thinking time for my team also, which they can use for anything they want .
It requires a measure of intellectual development or 'enlightenment' & contentment... even to be able to think that we are not in control of anything, so drastically toning down our desires, sometimes even apathy towards life & society in general is required to.... truly relax.
1. In any case, no one is going live hale & healthy for 150 years
2. No one requires a space more than 7 feet to take rest or sleep in a safe, comfortable house ( its not necessary that it should be big )
3. No one requires more than a MaximuM of three meals a day.
This is irrespective of the quantum of money one possesses
And money cannot give you spiritual knowledge, enlightenment or resultant contentment....
(Even a wife & children are luxuries of life, We should be able to live With Luxuries or even Without Them) Both should be okay....
So why chase money more than it's necessary ( and invite unnecessary mental stress )
We should try to think beyond Maayaa
The Dutch are genius 😊😄😂
It’s very first teaching of meditation- witnessing / observing ..
I am a member of NIKSON for very long time, with out my knowledge.
Thousands of years before, Our indian culture has meditation, means doing nothing and observing the inner self.
Now a days people are so obsessed with these kind of words like niksen. But all are same. Only those who couldn't have courage to go into the depths of meditation, will finds these kind of words to make it or prove it greater impact than meditation. That's it.
Meditation also involves active involvement of mind
Our corporate world should recognize this n incorporate it by providing ‘Away from work leave ‘ .
It’s very much like mindfulness, you are free from past and future and fully immersed in the moment.
I am master at it. After completing my Vedic training I get to know the true potential of laying still.
Ive already mastered this art
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Palki Sharma's presentation pronounciation &voice agood combination of news presentation.Thanks.
Really apologies for this inappropriate behavior but the way palki narrates… despite the magnitude of despair d sadness she has my heart❤️🔥
Learning everyday from her
I'm practicing it, thanks Ms. Palki Sharma for making my day.
Doing nothing means not just sit alone on a place and thinking all other stuff but doing nothing means sit alone and focusing on your self aware about your thoughts which popups in your mind in a every minute or second just look and try to balance your thoughts and checking what type of thoughts your mind received from this unuverse and environment.
It's not as simple as feel but anyone can be do it better than others if he practice consistently in a right guidence.
Yes, we do need a mandatory 3-day work week. This could be done by mandating 2x overtime pay for any hours worked over 24 in a week.
A lot of older traditioned men have mastered this a long time ago, interesting to see some folks calling it art, when some thought it to be laziness... Men mentally have that zone where we like to do nothing
"5 star University" is teaching the art of doing nothing from time immemorial. We know this concept from the start of our lives ❤❤❤
Universities have always taught the art of doing nothing, that is their specialty, they teach their students how to get the working classes to do all of the work, while the graduates just watch and take notes.
I think our yoga and meditation does the same. We need to follow the age old proven methods.
Niksen is just the starter😊.
Full recipe is meditation .
Here it means
I am doing nothing
I want nothing
&
I am nothing.
Your meditation takes you there with starter being niksen 🙏
I did this in 2020 to 22. Best time of my entire life.
Really.. very deep point.. it should really be the part of the practice..
Thank you. Your presentation is excellent. Various topics - politics .. psychology. Great !
Thank you for the video.
Ultimately people want to follow spiritual practices like meditation sit alone and doing nothing but focus on your self(self recognization).
The concept of the "art of doing nothing" does have its roots in various Eastern philosophies, including Indian traditions. In Indian philosophy and spiritual practices such as yoga and meditation, there is a recognition of the importance of stillness, quieting the mind, and being present in the moment. This idea aligns with the concept of niksen and Osho's teachings on mindfulness and meditation. In these traditions, the practice of doing nothing isn't about laziness or inactivity but about cultivating a state of awareness, inner peace, and relaxation. So, while niksen may be a Dutch term, the underlying concept of embracing idleness and stillness has parallels in Indian philosophy and spiritual practices
The mind can never not think. Only the flow of thoughts need to be directed towards positive.
Palki....
Suprabhat. my humble self getting
Inspired, Charged listening to Your
VOICE TONAL CLARITY plus Simple Flowing Language.❤
I think this doing nothing way of leading life when our mind and body demand is Best rejuvenator of our life. It needs lots of patience. It is the skill master.
I think what we generally feel like boredom, like can't keep quiet for a few moments, or like saying that "I want to stay doing something till end of life" but objectively the person is not healthy or not with energy.
Doing nothing state of leading life for some time will remove Staleness in one's life.
I think this is in our Mind. Cannot stop doing something or cannot do something or not initiation to be active = Inertia of Motion or Inertia of Rest in our minds.
Bold and confident journalist.
this is wonderful! thank you.
i have been doing this since my study days now 10 years into the job. earlier i used to think i waste my time as i keep hearing this that one should be productive always. but over the years i realised i really love doing nothing sometime. seeing this video today i feel vindicated
MADAM,
THE VERY DEFINITION OF MEDITATION IS - THE ART OF DOING NOTHING.
THE ART OF BEING.
I appreciate, definitely that the world is taking heed of RELAXATION & NOTHINGNESS. MODERATION MINDSET.
Keep going....
Way ahead of you. I am a zen master at doing nothing!
Surprising to see such views from Indian journalists !!! But doing nothing is very hard as we are so much conditioned from our childhood to do multiple things so that you can better life later. This conditioning is so strong that we continue to be busy throughout our life. And then we give meaning to this by saying "empty mind is the devil's mind".
Love to palki mam and her team for relevant topics covered by them
Interesting ! I start my day with few minutes of doing nothing 😊. I started doing it about a year ago. Didn’t know this concept. But, I can tell you, I feel very relaxed the entire day, most of the days !!
A man and a woman, perfectly happy doing absolutely nothing at all, with each other. It is love. If you ever experienced this, you will understand.
🎉❤Ms. Palki🎉❤ is bold as ever! Simply the best! Thank you🎉 for always staying amazingly, stunningly, and elegantly🎉❤ beautiful. A real 🎉❤🎉❤beautiful Indian barbie!❤ God bless you your whole family, Vatage, Vantage team, Firstpost, India, and the beautiful ❤🎉people of India!🎉❤God bless us all!🎉❤🙏🙏🙏
You r the best Journalist👍👍 love u Palki❤❤❤
Doing nothing but observing everythimg makes mind more fresh
I agree cos my whole life I never worked with stress and i do a big business with a decent income n my average work hours a week is less than 20hours and rest of the time i spend on other things , life looks beautiful and i am teaching this to my children,
Excellent message. Thank you.
As a native Dutch speaker I'm amazed to know that this word's becoming a "thing" now. It's been stigmatized as a bad habit... until now. It helps me getting out of the burnout... actually ... I'm forced "om te niksen" because I can't do anything else.
Thanks to you for bringing this,but in 1940s, Yogar Swami, ln Nallur, Jaffna, Sri Lanka, asked people who visited to him, he told them to learn "Suma Iru" in Tamil, this is same as this and brought it to us now, spending time without mind process, his Ashram is in California , his soul is transferred from Nallur to California, JP
I can easily do this when i start thinking "what is life and why? "😂
"Daoism is the art of doing nothing effectively, as opposed to effectively nothing."
- Alan Watts (1915-1973).
@@abhilash2417 it was already there in India as Advaitha Teachings as shankaraacharya said .. Nishchala Tatvam Jeevan Mukthi , 🙏🙏
The Entire Omkara the Sound Of Silence is about to become Absolute silent or Still..
Ramana Maharshi's Basic teaching is Be Still .. in this Stillness many great beings Become Enlightened ❤❤❤
Thanks for sharing team 😊
Finally something I'm number 1 at....😌
Do less stressful job. Don't run after high salary jobs. Attain mental peace which is far better than a stressful job. Majority of my friends and relatives are crazy for high salary jobs.
i love the netherlands... ever since i moved here, just living my life...
💎🏆 Great insightful & fruitful video 🏆💎
For Indians, it’s quite easy to learn from our Super Leader “RG” !
Never worked / No Work / No Stress / No worries!!! As long as you have & sat on the mount of loot, rest of your ONE life YOU LIVE after all, is quite easy go!! ....... end of the story of worry
Humble reminder not to ruminate and think of anything in between. Just be at the moment, enjoy the state, be grateful to God and breath
Beautiful message, need of the day
@Firstpost : This is already suggested in Sanatana Dharma i.e Meditation. Being Still do nothing. Just observe your breath and slowly stop focusing on your breath .. Murugan the Tamil God .. told ' Summa Iru' being idle like a log. Thirukural a great work of poetry which describes about life (the essence of life)!!
Ye hi mey bolta h hamesha mere Ghar walo ko meri wife ko mere dosto ko that I like to do nothing 😊....and here is the best detailed information 🙏🏼 thanks a lot Palki Sharma. I will work on this to do nothing 😅
Real journalism
You have hit the nail on the head.
Thank you for sharing!
I seem to have mastered Niksen now that i choose to quit my job to eat, sleep, travel and unwind
Corporates (and authors) for their own benefit have created this illusion of “work hard , party hard”, “aim big”, “greed is good” , “ never be satisfied or content” etc. this is and various other problems are result of this culture
In tamil , Arunagirinathar centuries ago told "summa iru" , "Just stay". We can be inspired from our own culture too.