Stillness: Resourcing from the Depths

 

The mind in its external orientation seeks to ever control and manipulate the present. It often desires safety, security, stimulation and potency ( this is perfectly okay by the way!) but it has a tendency for self-involvement, self-glorification and self-gratification. I see this aspect of the mind as the tip of the iceberg. From this perspective we stare at the surface of the water and all we see is our external reflections. If all we pay attention to is the external tip we can lose sight of the deeper qualities and values that  sit just under the surface. Employing any method of bringing stillness or centredness to the mind and body and we start to feel the deeper qualities that lie therein. We say hello again to a lost friend. Mindfulness, meditation and any activity in which YOUR mind gets lost (or fully consumed) in the present moment, actively enables us to resource more deeply from beneath the external display of things. Here we find some really juicy resources available.

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Spaciousness, Clarity, Focus, Kindness, Generousity, Acceptance, Loving Awareness, Peace,  Compassion, Perseverance, Joy, Illumination, Connection- the list goes on and on. What is engaged in this place is an ongoing newness from which these qualities bring water to our well-being.

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If mindfulness or meditation appeals then start, continue and probably end simply- it is the best method to combat the mind's tendency for complexity. A simple breath awareness exercise practiced with gentle acceptance and ease can be the foundation for a life long journey of  depth, relaxation and awareness. It can ground one in the nourishment  that lies in the deeper waters beneath the ebb and flow of the external mind.