“Each man’s life represents a road toward himself, an attempt at such a road, the intimation of a path… But each of us – experiments of the depths – strives toward his own destiny. We can understand one another; but each of us is able to interpret himself to himself alone.”
―Hermann Hesse
“Beautify your inner dialogue. Beautify your inner world with love light and compassion. Life will be beautiful.”
―Amit Ray, Nonviolence: The Transforming Power
When life gets hectic and busy, my advice is to work to become more still. Draw back and breathe. Exercising your stillness might not make much sense logically. Think about it, though. What happens when you are frantic and have many decisions to make? Does blasting through them—and worrying about them help? Rarely!
Begin to exercise your mind to become still at will. Instead of jumping to conclusions. Instead of losing it due to lack of cooperation or coordination. Instead, step back and breathe. Focus on one thing. Focus on a color. Focus on an object. Focus on a place, or a thought. Just choose one though. Racing thoughts will slow down. Yes, this is meditation. It is focusing at will. Deep focus that can change you.
Understand your natural sense of calm. Once you take a step out of the race to keep up, you enter a space of pure silence. You find yourself and what to do in that quiet space. It’s an unending expanse of space. That’s where you find what’s important. What’s relevant. What matters––and what needs to be done.
While daily life can be complex and interwoven, you can always take time to renew your inner self. Get quiet and look within. It may be a new or renewed mentality, but once you’re in the place of owning your experiences, you become unstoppable.
You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
––Mark Twain
While learning about having and tending to a tranquil mind and, essentially, re-discovering authenticity, I realized that we have the responsibility to overcome any ideas of limitation. We go through our life programmed to a large degree and the only way to get out of it is to begin to re-think what you believe to be true.
Setting time aside and looking within. I see quietness as a strength. It’s wonderful to have a strong point of view, a conviction on what you believe. I say, remain observant if you already are––use it as your silent wisdom. Use your quietness as your strong point. If you aren’t used to finding the quiet inside, take time to sit in silence and watch what happens. You might find the answer to something you have been trying to figure out.
“Non-judgment quiets the internal dialogue, and this opens once again the doorway to creativity.”
― Deepak Chopra
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