When there’s just now, there’s really nothing else going on in our minds. The mind is not generating thoughts, comparisons and descriptions. Because the mind’s quiet, we, the real we comes to the forth. This is pure beingness, the only way to be!
Despite appearances, all is well. Accepting and deeply realizing this truth is the path to tranquility.
Truth and beauty is waiting to be discovered exactly where we are and all around us. We can’t find happiness, solace and infinitude without being at peace with what already is. The pathway to what we truly need must be in recognizing beauty and goodness in all the things, events and people that surround us…
Just sit. Be comfortable and relax. Breathe normally.
Do nothing. Just be. If thoughts arise, realize they are not you. They’ll come and go. Allow that.
Be everything. All that’s happening, the sounds, sensations, thoughts, feelings, everything that’s happening is being perceived by you. None of it exists without you. Perceive everything, without comment. Be like a room that allows the furniture and stuff in it to just be. You are the room, peaceful and still…
We’ll never get there. It’ll never get done. Such is life in Time and Space. It never gets done (and we never get there) because our thoughts about anything never stop running. However, such a realization can help us discover the Here and the Now. And we do so by ceasing to think except when needed for practical matters.
This is not very well known, it might as well be a secret. Whatever we notice, judge or recognize in the ‘other’ person is what shows up or emerges within us, sooner or later. If we want to be healthy we should recognize good health in the other. If we notice or judge someone’s illness then we’re likely to have that same or similar condition emerge within us. Ditto for any quality, like beauty, kindness, anger etc… Whatever we notice in the other is a quality that we already possess or will soon embody. Our thoughts are supremely creative and we must employ great care when deploying them!
The wise and noble being is gentle and at peace with self. Such a person is naturally giving to those who grasp for that which they think they need. In truth no one needs anything, we are already complete, but alas, such is not the case for our ego driven minds… True nobility is discovering and then moving from our quiet center. This center is not of the mind.