Faith And Appropriate Response

I feel like it’s really true: in that space between stimulus (or chaos) and response, there’s so much wisdom. We just have to be watching, waiting for it to arise. And once it does, we’ll know the right thing to do and say. We’ll know the appropriate response.

Transcript

So, Let's sit. Finding your seat, Your posture for this sit, And bringing, Well, First relaxing, And then bringing all of the dignity that you have for this moment to this moment. And I guess by dignity, What I'm meaning these days is, This is an act of courage and an act of wisdom to be practicing right now, And how much dignity there is in that, To be cultivating wisdom right now. And then if the breath is your object, Or if sound is your object, Inviting the attention to settle, Settle down, Settle in, And just attending to this present moment, To whatever is here, Coming back when the mind wanders, That's the wisdom, And coming back with so much kindness towards yourself, And also wisdom, Calling out for the wandering mind, Come on back to this moment, So much the practice of staying in the present moment for the whole sit, Although that might be your practice, But of coming back when we've wandered off, And with kindness, With joy, With a sense of gladness that this is an important thing to be doing right now.