Stillness is dynamic - Maharshi

A saying of Lao Tze from Tao Teh Ch'ng was read out in the Hall.  'By his non action, the sage governs all.'

Sri Bhagavan remarked : Non action is unceasing activity.  The sage is characterized by eternal and intense activity.
His stillness is like the apparent stillness of a fast rotating top (gyroscope).  Its very speed cannot be followed by
the eye and so it appears to be still.  Yet it is rotating.  So is the apparent inaction of the sage.  This must be explained
because the people generally mistake stillness to be inertness. It is not so.

Talks No. 599.