Patience With The Present Moment

Is it possible, right now, to cultivate a general sense of patience or tolerance, just so we can agree that yes, this is just how things are, right now? And then take that agreement with the present moment, into the conference rooms and courtrooms to decide how to form the most powerful, nonviolent, response?

Transcript

All right, Let's sit. That was a lot of fiery words as well. And it seems like the sun is being fiery right now too. All right, Closing the eyes and settling in. And just take a moment to let the words fall away, Let the concepts fall away. And just settle into the body and see how is this body feeling right now. Just noticing what's here. And maybe there's ease, And maybe there's not. So without trying to change anything or wishing anything or different than it was, Is it possible to just relax in this moment with whatever is happening in the body, Whatever is happening in the mind, Whether there's settledness or tightness, Agitation, Relaxation, Whatever is present. And we relax with whatever is here. Relax with the focused mind, Relax with the wandering mind, Relax with the pain in the knee or the back that arises with the anxiety that arises as the poet Rumi says, Welcome them all. And we just give ourselves a few minutes this morning, This afternoon, This evening, Wherever you are, To just be with how things are. And then just taking this practice with you, Letting the ability to be with how things are in the moment, In one breath, In the body, In the mind, Letting that be a kind of refuge to return to whenever we need it.