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What is stillness?
Stillness is the sense of inner calm that helps you to
relax and just be. Rather than rush around, you feel alert yet rested. In order
to become still, you learn how to slow down and eventually how to stop.
Expansive
Your gaze will soften and become expansive when you find quiet inside. Rather
than be troubled by everyday matters, you will feel at one with everything
around you.
Things will not seem so bad. All your worries will fade gradually and you will
feel centred and under control. You will not have any compulsion to be active
and busy.
Slow down
Tai chi is an antidote to stressful living. When you take things a little
slower, you begin to notice the world.
Darkness & shadows
A traditional Japanese tea house balanced darkness and light to produce an
atmosphere of ease and calm. Shadows and dimness serve to settle the mind.
In modern houses it is possible to modulate the amount of light allowed into a
room. Voiles and curtains can be adjusted to adjust the mood.
Bright lighting and flickering screens are not relaxing. Avoid the hypnotic
dance of light. Embrace darkness and shadow.
Rise early
Monks around the world get up in the early hours of the day and gain clarity
from the stillness of the unawakened world.
When you walk alongside a river or beneath trees at the start of the day, there
is a magic in the air. Such quiet. Yes, there are birds and the occasional
person or car, but the mood is one of tranquillity.
The streets are empty of commerce; the shops shuttered and closed. There are no
consumers, no hustle and bustle, no showmanship and competition. It is like
being backstage. Before the day begins.
The lead in the homeland of water is just
one flavour.
(The Secret of the Golden Flower)
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Last updated
04 May 2023
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