Simple stillness is so sweet–to have the almost always busy mind slowed down even for a moment. At times the mind seems hyperactive, unable to stop its fidgeting and antics. In stillness, the mind is satisfied, no longer grabbing at this and that thought, but finally at ease and relaxed, needing or wanting nothing, at peace in its stillness, happy in itself.
I realized yesterday how much I love yoga.
On the surface, yoga is a mix of body poses which require and foster greater strength and flexibility.
But with practice, something wonderful and mysterious begins to percolate in one’s body and consciousness. It’s an uplifting force, a jubilation of the heart, a sensation like scintillating warm honey spreading throughout one’s body.
Most elections come and go. But this one has been particularly challenging and dismaying to many of us!
Think about what you can do to be a positive force in the world during dark times. What do you care most about? Out of your upset, you can become clearer about what you care about most. If so, what is it?
Notice your love for it. Let that love motivate and lead you to protect, work for, and support it.
Right now, we need to embrace our love for the world and put it into action.
Thank you for the silence within, or even slight glimpses or tastes of it. It gives a chance to let go and rest and recover, and be refreshed.
When we are grateful for something, we welcome it more and more into our lives.
Be with your anger, sadness, fear, angst, dismay, and even with your horror. Offer it to the fire of love in your heart, and you will be transformed.
