A Drop of Stillness - Meditation for Silence & Presence

A meditation to soak up stillness and silence, the silence between thoughts.

No music, just guidance punctuated by occasional calm and soothing drop of water. The silence in-between the water droplets and guidance lets you experience the power of the gap between thoughts. They remind you of the healing nature of immersive silence, the inner space where you meet your Self, where you discover Presence, where you step into your “magic zone”.

Enter a safe space to let go of expectation and step into Being here, fully unencumbered by what’s gone before and free from anticipation of what is to come … Being present, unencumbered by what might be or what might not be.

Transcript

Namaste,

I'm Smita Joshi.

Welcome to my meditation practice.

A drop of stillness.

A vast,

Empty space,

Free from light.

Pin drop silence.

It's still,

So still in here.

No light.

Delightfully dark,

Warm,

Like a blanket,

Sitting by the water's edge.

Not sure how far it stretches.

Vastness,

Stillness,

Darkness,

Pervades everywhere.

Can't sense the edges.

No sound.

Not sure what the time is.

Not sure how long we've been here.

The occasional drop of water.

The occasional drop of water.

The only thing to remind you of time.

A drop.

The only thing to mark time.

How this moment is different to the last.

When did the drop fall?

After one second?

Was it a minute?

Or an hour?

Impossible to tell.

We wonder.

When is the next drop?

When will it come?

No need to figure it out.

All makes sense.

It will come.

When it will come.

Just let yourself be.

No anticipation of what is to come.

Let things be just as they are.

Let yourself be just as you are.

Be willing to live in the magic zone.

That is the silence between the drops.

The space of the unknown,

Where mystery and magic reside.

Be willing to live in the magic zone.

That is the silence between the drops.

The space of uncertainty.

The zone of surprise.

Be willing to live in the magic zone.

That is the silence between the drops.

The space where the future is born.

The magic zone.

The zone of delight.

What is the present?

What is the past?

What is the future?

The present is the silence between the drops.

Let yourself be just as you are and as you are not.

Being here in the silence,

Just knowing there will be a drop.

No expectation.

No time.

Empty mind.

No anticipation.

The drop will come.

When it will come.

The drop.

Very familiar.

Very calm.

Just being.

Being here,

Fully,

Unencumbered by what's gone before.

Free from anticipation of what is to come.

Being present.

Free from regrets.

Regrets of the past.

Being present.

Unencumbered by what might be or what might not.

Just be here in the darkness.

Light as you are.

Free from the past.

Free from the future.

Present and peaceful.

The present is all there is.

Light and powerful.

That's who you are.

Right now.

Right in this moment.

Free.

Light.

Powerful.

You.

Being.

In the power of now.

The present is all there is.

Namaste.