Ready, set...be still

One thing we can ALL be sure of is that something is happening.  Maybe you've felt this "happening" before - its something inside us.  Its beautiful and blissful.  It wells up, then trickles away. It arises from a place of stillness, a formless potency and joy.  It is your heart opening. And yet, if you've ever felt this extreme love and joy, it eventually fades aways.  When we get to a state where it never trickles away?  In yoga, it happens when we reach Dhyana, or meditation, where we can hold our attention in this place of stillness. The content of what is holding our attention does not matter. This will only happen when you are open and ready.

The Buddhist approach guides us to find that stillness and joy in the world in which we live. We can function in our illusionary world of going to work, raising our children, being with friends and loved ones, all while being still.  It comes back to being the “watcher” of the mind. Stepping away from the ego and simply observing. From here we can find stillness.