rest for clarity: “… If we are without direction, we can withdraw to solitude and our deepest urges and intuitions will push themselves forward to reveal our next step. …” ~ Daryl Bailey
Indeed! … withdrawing to solitude … or being still … or rest-ing into the here and now … are the keys to the Mystery 🙂 … the ultimate “clarity” comes from being still or rest-ing …
No wonder Lao Tzu said: “… Be Still. Stillness reveals the secrets of eternity. …”
Or Ramana Maharshi said: “… Be Still, do not think, and know that I am. …”
An abundance of such words from luminaries of most, if not all, traditions exists … but … any reminders of the clarity that is available from such words of wisdom are beneficial – and much needed – at all times …
So, today we take a mini dive into stillness, solitude, rest-ing into the here and now … via the fresh voice (for Stillness Speaks) of Darryl Bailey … through excerpts from (chapters The Course of Our Lives and Clarity Rests) his recent book, a summary of existence: the sense of here and now … which is a collection of his words on Awakening, Realization, {getting} Real, and more …
Here’s what Joan Tollifson says about Darryl: “… I also recommend the books and talks of Darryl Bailey, whose expression I find to be one of the clearest, cleanest, simplest, most lucid and concise articulations of the choiceless, dynamic, ever-changing, inconceivable nature of reality that I’ve come across. …”
{All italicized text below is from a summary of existence: the sense of here and now by Darryl Bailey and is published here with the publisher New Sarum Press‘ generous permission. Scroll to the bottom for a free downloadable Table of Contents.}
Rest … To Clarity?
Sitting quietly, making no effort, all is revealed: a vibrant, pulsing, formless happening, simply happening. There is no goal in this, no final point; there is only what expresses itself in this moment, and whatever it appears to be now is unavoidably on its way to some other appearance.
Be still and feel the happening of this moment, simply happening.
Resting quietly, making no effort, there is simply the feeling, the sensation, of this moment happening … a pulsing, tingling, moving, shifting, vibrant, occurrence … simply being what it is, and doing what it does, in each moment.
It’s an unexplainable liveliness, a vibrant occurrence, endlessly unfolding.
This is what starts at birth. It doesn’t come with a label. It’s not a self, not a world, not a personal doing, not a body, not a mind, not a consciousness.
Just this immediate, indefinable, occurrence … a vibrant, unexplainable functioning.
This is what we are.
Stay tuned for more … from other authors from New Sarum …
All italicized text above (except otherwise noted) is from a summary of existence: the sense of here and now by Darryl Bailey and is published here with the publisher New Sarum Press‘ generous permission.
And TOC A Summary of Existence_Darryl Bailey, graciously and generously made available by the publisher New Sarum Press.
And, may … rest-ing into stillness – whenever you can – bring you deeper clarity … in your everyday life … and …
May you remain safe and healthy.
Lao Tzu’s quote from: Tao Te Ching: Lao Tzu, Translated by Jonathan Star.
Ramana Maharshi’s quote from Conscious Immortality (Conversations With Sri Ramana Maharshi Recorded by Paul Brunton).
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