450x1200-19835416695_294e06779b_k copy 2Have you ever tasted Stillness?
Have you ever drank in Stillness?
Taken a bath in Stillness?
Fallen asleep in Stillness?
Dreamed in Stillness?
Died in Stillness?

What is Stillness made of?
What is its size?
What is its shape? It’s color? It’s location?
What sound does Stillness make?
What word contains Stillness?
Can Stillness be contained?
Does it go anywhere even when there’s noise?
I must be still to find out!

What is looking for stillness is movement itself…
Is a thought not a movement?
But how can what moves know that which has never moved??
How can movement know stillness?
Stillness is non-movement.
If it moves, it’s not Stillness
Since a thought moves, it’s not Stillness.
The absence of a thought IS stillness.

~Michael Jeffreys

 

 

 

This is a guest post courtesy of Michael Jeffreys.

Post Image: Lone Tree, by dommylive, CC BY 2.0.
Featured Image: Spring Skies, by maf04, CC BY-SA 2.0.

FacebookTwitterShare
FacebookTwitterShare
WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU A VERY SPECIAL TEACHING

WE'D LIKE TO SEND YOU A VERY SPECIAL TEACHING

We also want to send our latest articles, videos, and podcasts via email once per week. As a thank you for signing up, you'll receive a video we produced that is unavailable anywhere else on the Internet.

Thank you! Please check your email for a welcome message and a link to the video.