Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them but because we had them.
Seneca
Deer Hoof Island
Mindfulness is simply being aware of what is happening right now without wishing it were different; enjoying the pleasant without holding on when it changes (which it will); being with the unpleasant without fearing it will always be this way (which it won't).
~ James Baraz
Male
Stillness is breathing deep
Answering the call
of the heart.
Stillness
is soaking in the breeze
on a hot summer day.
Stillness is the present moment
with all your thoughts
running through your head
while feeling relief
-even for a moment
from all it takes to survive.
Stillness can be found
on the drops of dew
that cling to the earth
when the air passed over it
its movement lit only by the moon.
Stillness can be learned
by watching the clouds
easily drift across the sky
with no predetermined destination.
Stillness
is a state of expansion
beyond the thoughts held within the mind
beyond the strategies for surviving.
Stillness is the space
between the thoughts
allowing the thoughts to come and go
without attachment.
It is seeing thoughts as manifestation of our experience as humans.
It is practicing moments within moments.
It is practicing subtle quiet spaces.
It allows us to be the clouds
and release
expectation and need.
Stillness
is being on the path,
Floating easily
with no destination.
It is not work.
It is arriving.
Wherever you are.
Fence
The secret of happiness lies in the minds release of worldly ties. ~ Buddha
