MEDITATION ~ Body, Speech & Mind

* Here & Now *

You cannot be at ease when you are constantly busy. Every additional drop of occupation within the framework of the mind prevents you from peace. Just imagine years and years of piling up the mind with activities, how can it just go off into peace in an instance.

However, it is good to take note of the breath every now and then to revitalize oneself. Presence of the breath is the here and now. One will feel more concentrated on one’s work.

Relaxation comes in many forms. Seeping fruit juice, listening to soothing music and relaxing into an easy-chair is just one example.

* Theory Not Reality *

“A theory is a theory, not a reality.

All that a theory can do is remind me of certain thoughts

That were part of my reality then.

A statement or a ‘fact’ is an emphasis – one way of looking at something.

At worst it’s a kind of myopia.

A name is also just one way of seeing.

I can’t make a statement about a reality without omitting many other possible to say everything,

Still I would not have the reality;

I would only have the words.

In fact, what I see changes even as I describe it”

~Hugh Prather, author of Notes to Myself~