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I am going to assume, Bernal, that Ankai meant by "observing" that one is seeing neutrally, but not actively trying to be watching, actively engaging with and thinking about the passing cars and other sights.
This whole discussion about whether "letting go" is an activity is tricky to discuss. If there is a hammer on the table in front of you, and you just don't pick it up, that is not really a "action of doing" nor is that an "action of intentionally not doing" nor any action of any kind at all. It is null, not anything, no matter. Just let the hammer be there, but do not engage with it or ponder it, judging whether it is a good or bad hammer, thinking about why it is on the table, nor thinking about whether you want to pick it up or not pick it up. Then, it is then no more an action or not an action than "not riding flying pink elephants" is an action or not an action. It is nothing.
Just don't think and inquire of oneself "is this an action or not an action" and it is neither!! Likewise, don't ponder whether "letting the hammer/thoughts drop from my open hand" is an action or not an action ... Just Sit, and it too becomes nothing in need of pondering and analyzing, a waste of mental time. It also is then nothing.
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