Action In Inaction Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

What? Action in inaction?
This seems to be a fiction!
Not that it’s unknown,
It’s a fact well known.

Hollow drum when beaten,
Its noise don’t you listen?
Fill up water upto its brim.
Will it not then be calm?

Sea waves near the shore
How much they all roar?
If you go to the deep sea,
Silence only you can see.

See the earth’s might.
In one full day and night,
It rotates fast with no sound,
And completes one round.

Close your eyes and meditate.
Others may even look at it,
As you’re in total inaction,
But really you’re in action.

Your mind is not bound,
And it travels all around.
Your body is in action
In its internal function.

Likewise, God is in action,
In His seemingly inaction.
In silence only He ever remains
Amidst His universal vibrations.