STILLNESS

Life is busy. In our world productiveness is rewarded whereas stillness is viewed as sloth or laziness or self indulgence.

Yet stilling our minds is the only way to connect with that place in us that is part of something much bigger than our individual “me”.

Our minds are constantly busy thinking, and often, chastising… I need to… I wish.. I remember… I must.. I should…. I should have, on and on, spinning endlessly and relentlessly. It is only when we can stop this incessant chatter that we can center on fullness inside each and every one of us. “Be still and know” says the Bible.

Think of the idea that we are spiritual beings having a physical experience as opposed to the idea that we are physical beings seeking a spiritual experience. For this to be real the mind must still. “You are not your mind”, says Eckhart Tolle in his book, Practicing the Power of the Now.

Meditation is one powerful tool to stillness.