Just center yourself in silence for a moment.
Instead of waiting for something to happen, flip it just slightly and
just be in it. Are you really here or are you just waiting for the next
thing? It’s interesting to see where we are in relation to time; whether
we’re always just between what just happened and what happens next, or
whether we can just be here now.
So, let’s just find our way to be here together. If you’re feeling
agitated, just notice the agitation. If you’re warm, be warm. If you’re
cold, be cold. If you’re overly full, be overly full. Be it, whatever it
is, but put it all in the context of a quiet space, because there’s a
secret in that, and it’s worth playing with it.
That there’s a place that we can be inside of ourselves, inside of the
universe, in which and from which we can appreciate the delight in life.
Where we can still have equanimity, and quality of presence, and the
quietness of peace.
It’s something I’ve been cultivating for 45 years now. Just imagine a
mandala or a flower and think about the center of the flower and then
all the petals that come out from the center and think of the center of
the flower as absolutely still, and think of all of the petals as
moving, and energy, and change, but the center is still.
Ram Dass
