To rest in the stillness of our true selves.
Can we just do that for a second?
Maybe in the busyness of scrolling through social media,
In the busyness of a thousand things to do,
Can we just be here right now and recognize the sweetness of what is real and true about what we are,
Rather than maybe unconsciously running away from all of the illusions about what we are?
What does that mean,
To rest in the stillness of our true selves?
You know,
In the sweetest and maybe most direct way,
It's asking the question,
Can we just be here?
Not be here thinking our way out of here,
But just be.
And the funny thing about our true selves is it's not something that you can think about.
In the recognition of that,
We can just stop thinking if the intention is to rest in the stillness of our true selves,
Because the thinking isn't going to find it.
So we can just be.
You can breathe in to the stillness of your true self.
And that true self is just here.
It's a very simple meditative invitation to just be.
One of the doorways into the true self is to realize that everything that the mind says,
It's not that.
The mind can only see its images,
Its imagination,
And the truth of what you are is not imaginary.
And so we can set aside all of the thinking just for a moment and just be.
Can you just connect with me here in that space?
Just be.
It doesn't have to be awkward if we just sit here and stare at each other,
But let's just be and maybe honor the silliness of it all.
And I'm right there with you in all of that silliness.
And it's okay that there is that silliness of who we think we are and our 10,
000 thoughts racing in all directions.
That's fine.
But right now we're just taking a moment to just be and sense that stillness.
And it's the stillness that's always there,
Even when you're lost thinking.
That's what I love about that stillness,
Is it's just here,
Always.
And so blessed we are to take a moment and just recognize it.
And then when you forget about that stillness,
You go on a great adventure into the noisiness of the mind.
And that's fine too.
It's fine because the stillness never actually leaves.
In the same way that when you fall asleep at night,
It's fine that you dream whatever you dream,
Because you're fine.
It doesn't matter what you dream.
The reality of what you are is still here,
Whole and complete,
Untouched by the dream.
And you see,
That's the stillness I'm talking about.
That no matter what you think,
No matter what you dream,
You're still here,
The truth of what you are,
Untouched by it all.
Just breathe.
With each breath,
You can just allow the release of whatever anxiety might be there into whatever degree that you can.
You're just inviting more stillness.
You don't have to reach the ultimate stillness.
Just invite a little more stillness.
Isn't it amazing how this stillness is just always here?
The same stillness.
It's like you can remember the same stillness when you were a child,
Just this presence that's been unchanged the whole time.
And simply on top of that presence,
There's just been new stories,
New patterns of thinking,
New adventures.
And yet the stillness remains.
All right,
Are you a little bit more relaxed?
For me,
What always helps is just recognizing the humor in it all.
How lost I can get,
How captured I can become by the mind's content,
Thinking that what I'm thinking is really happening.
And then to say,
Oh,
It got me.
I thought it was real.
Oh my goodness.
Thanks for sharing that moment with me.
