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Non-doership is not something you choose. It shines spontaneously because of the practice.

While the true Self is characterized by non-doership, and seekers should keep this in mind, seekers cannot and should not "choose non-doership." It is not something that can be chosen that way. It's an insight that arises spontaneously upon *doing* the practice of surrender or self-inquiry with sufficient concentration, when the attachments become weak enough.

Why continuous spiritual practice sometimes seem to interfere with worldly activities

Serious spiritual seekers are advised to do self-inquiry or surrender at all waking moments, but sometimes this seems to interfere with worldly activities. This is an illusion -- but why does it happen? It is because this very idea of interference is rooted in the distorted, thought-based, egoic perspective, and happens when the practice is interrupted.Show less