Thoughts and images are jumping backwards and forwards and chasing around the trees in your head. Brilliant ideas are rushing around and are fighting for attention. In the meantime, you remain focused on your breath.
People say it is simple. You only have to breathe. Breathe in and out, in and out. Sounds easy enough, to focus; to breathe with attention. To be able to enter the ever-present stillness.
Research tells us that the mind struggles to remain in the present moment. It either goes back to rummage through past- experiences or daydreaming about the future. Staying 'in the moment' is very difficult.
Monks, in a diversity of faith traditions, will tell you that meditation is called a practice for a reason. It takes years to tame the stream of thinking, years to tame the monkey mind.
There is a variety of meditations to help you quieten the mind.
The more familiar are the word-based meditations; Buddhist and Christians using Mantras and Sacred Words. Some traditions use walking meditation or art for their practice.
Whatever you use as your focus, when the Monkey Mind takes over, gently return to your candle, mantra or sacred word.
Whatever you use as your focus, when the Monkey Mind takes over, gently return to your candle, mantra or sacred word.
Stillness, a place to encounter the Divine/God. This place of stillness is always inside us. Inside each one of us is that quiet place. 'Entering the Stillness' is about acquiring inner peace.
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