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Upon re-reading Eckhart Tolle’s wonderful book Silence Speaks I’ve come to understand and greatly value the power of focussing on stillness, on bringing our awareness right here into the present moment and bypassing the busy thinking mind. Entering this silence gives us a much deeper perspective of our life situation; rather than being lost in an emotional/mental storm, we gain an ability to see what occurred from a place of calm detachment, that sets us free from the unnecessary dramas in our lives.

Where thought goes, energy follows and it’s truly our choice where we send this energy. Are we going to amplify some past grievance by running post mortems on how it should have been, or what we could have done/said etc., or are we going to just let go of the drama and instead bring loving attention to the part of us that’s hurting, holding that wounded part in loving presence.

A very wise guide once said to me “let your focal point be the quality of peace entering your mind and body; bringing rest and healing”. I soon came to realise that feeling this peace within my body is completely different to simply “thinking about” it. However to touch those tangible depths of living peace, we are once again confronted by all our resistance. All the countless past occasions when we distracted ourselves AWAY from the old familiar, often ignored aches and pains. It requires a considerable degree of present moment awareness to keep on coming back to what’s happening right now when the storms of previous unfinished business try to blow us off course. However bringing attention right into the physical pain or discomfort in the body considerably quietens the mind and in that place of stillness our hearts can open and we can sink back into our true nature which is so loving and joyful.

We become embraced by our own depths.
What peace and joy there is within us always waiting to embrace us.