Meditation is not something we do; it is something we cease to do. Thus, it could be called self-returning or self-resting. Everything apart from the knowing of our own being requires some kind of activity. Thinking, feeling, acting and perceiving are all activities of mind, although in almost all cases we have become so accustomed to this activity that it is no longer registered as such. However, being aware of being aware – awareness’s awareness of itself – is the only truly effortless experience there is. Everything else, even breathing or thinking, requires energy.