After we meditate it’s good to stay as nonetheless as we probably can and right here’s why.
Our bodily stillness in meditation is a metaphor for not shifting inwardly.
In deep meditation we uncover an internal stillness that isn’t an act of being nonetheless as a lot as it’s a discovery of a side of ourselves that’s all the time already nonetheless.
In deep meditation, we discover a place in ourselves that has by no means moved, shouldn’t be shifting now, and can by no means transfer.
We’re so recognized with the objects in consciousness that do transfer, that we make the error of considering that we transfer.
These objects aren’t us. By remaining very nonetheless in follow we discover a place the place we’re unmoving and all the time have been unmoving.
If we’re considering of stillness as one thing that we’re doing then inevitably after we discover ourselves getting blown round by our expertise of thought and feeling we assume it’s as a result of we’re not sturdy sufficient.
We conclude that we haven’t constructed up the fitting muscle tissues to maintain ourselves regular when the inevitable storms of thoughts come up.
Think about your self on a rowboat, rowing throughout a uneven ocean, attempting to maintain your self shifting steadily in a straight line. The waves maintain shifting you this fashion and that approach.
You suppose, if solely I used to be stronger then I may use these hours to maintain myself steady.
However, in fact, in a ship that small, with these little oars, regardless of how sturdy your arms received you wouldn’t have the ability to preserve the stableness that you really want.
Now think about an enormous ocean liner on the identical uneven sea. The waves that had been so massive in a rowboat at the moment are simply little licks on the aspect of a big hull.
The ocean liner is ready to transfer utterly straight effortlessly as a result of it’s to massive and heavy to be unaffected by the choppiness that had been so difficult within the rowboat.
The way in which we will discover equanimity in our being shouldn’t be by strengthening our internal muscle tissues in order that we will maintain ourselves regular.
Equanimity comes naturally after we enhance the burden of our being. After we turn into spiritually heavy sufficient we are going to discover that we’re unmoved by the floor fluctuations of our thoughts.
The way in which we enhance our non secular weight is by spending time in woke up consciousness.
Once you discover the true place of innocence and equanimity in your self and also you spend time resting there, your non secular being positive factors substance.
You turn into extra spiritually dense. That accumulation of non secular weight implies that we’re extra naturally conscious of the true enormity of our being and it’s what permits us to keep up regular by any storm.
As you sit, enable your self to seek out the place in you that has all the time been the middle of your being.
The place that has skilled all of your experiences.
The place that by no means strikes.
Discover your middle after which discover that every little thing strikes round it.
It’s nonetheless.
Discover that middle and relaxation there in steadiness, stillness, in equanimity.
