Could I be the one thing in the universe that does not belong to nature?
“Thinking that I am disconnected or different from everything else is somewhat arrogant, in fact it is very deluded!” Ajahn Amaro
When times are dark, when we have little hope, the weight of this life may require too much effort to do anything. But this sense of darkness, this immobility may actually be the right action. Perhaps we can let ourselves just stop. Quit trying to accomplish anything. Instead let the mind be still. Drop efforts to fix ones self or anything in the environment.
In this space of stillness, even for just a few moments, tap instead into connection with all of nature, the universe within which we are embedded. We can here be freed by our sense our smallness, from the relative smallness of our immediate concerns, and taste significance in our connection with the rest of the universe. We can choose to wait until it is clear what action to take.
Ajahn Amaro makes a great analogy, comparing this natural ability for connection to accessing the Internet. In personal experience we can think of plugging in with the heart. The heart is an aspect of mind that, through its freedom from the limits of conceptual thinking, can access other ways of knowing. From this broader connection we can let every action flow in harmony with nature.