I've chosen stillness as my topic for today. In this crisis It can be harder and harder to feel that calm which comes from sitting quietly and letting your mind, rather than your passing thoughts, speak to you about what really matters in life. It's much easier to do on a country walk or in a peaceful garden, but if you can just find a moment and a corner in which to let your mind show you what's really important, a lot of the unnecessary trivial chatter of your life recedes and you can see more clearly. As Zen monk Thich Nhat Hanh says, stillness is the key to finding true understanding.
Have a great day today.
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Thank you for sharing Hidden , I really like this one and it reminds me of my yoga classes. I really must adopt it more as I can sometimes find myself getting annoyed at people when they do stupid things during this lockdown.
Have a lovely day and thank you.
Alicia
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Hi Alicia, I think a good subtitle for this one is "Don't panic Captain Mainwaring", because the more we panic, the less coherent our thoughts become, and the less able we are to cope.
My husband tends to do as you do in getting annoyed and points out every person doing something stupid when we are outdoors for a walk. And annoying and irritating as they are, we go home with all the irritation we can muster, whilst the guilty party jogs on by and goes home with not a care in the world! That should teach us something I guess! Take care and you have a lovely day too. 🙏
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Hi Hidden , yes that would be a good subtitle, we all remember Dad's Army, wasn't it a great programme.
I was better out on my powerwalk/jog today, I kind of turned a blind eye to the cars parked by the beach and just carried on. TBH there was hardly anyone on the beach so there wasn't a problem, it'll only become a problem if everyone starts parking at the beach, let's just hope that doesn't happen.
Not viewing you as a killjoy at all john6, but it's not so much about the discussion you might choose to have with the person making the mistake, it's the carrying of the anger around the situation with you that's so unproductive. And also, the hard eared may not, in any case be changed, even by your anger. Thanks for your response. 🙏
It's from Thich Nhat Hanh iwho is a Zen Buddhist monk, originally from Vietnam. Eventually he made Europe his home and founded a village in France, called Plum Village, a meditation centre which promotes peace.
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Quotation for Sunday 7th June 2020