Monday, November 23, 2015

SPIRITUAL EXPLORATIONS --13

WE ARE EXPLORING THE PRACTICE OF STILLNESS

Stepping out of the busyness, stopping our endless pursuit of getting somewhere else, is perhaps the most beautiful offering we can make to our spirit.
-- Tara Brach

What's wrong with being busy? Plenty. Americans have become the most anxious, time-stressed people in the world, thanks in part to all the high-tech devices at our fingertips that are meant to make life easier. The white noise of trivia and the thrill of consumption fill our heads and guide our behaviors.
-- Richard Mahler

So, stop it!  Don’t surrender to the rat race.  Lily Tomlin said that even if you win the rat race, it is still a rat race.  Allow the practice of stillness to become so essential that you are liberated more and more from much of the anxiety and stress which has become so deeply embedded in our society.

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