Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

The French philosopher Blaise Pascal noted, “All the unhappiness of (people) arises from one simple fact: that they can’t sit quietly in their chamber.” The practice of sitting quietly by yourself trains your mind the way exercise trains your body. It leads you deep into yourself where you become one with your Authentic Self, wiser and kinder.

When you are walking outdoors, sit for 5 minutes and feel entertained listening to birds or crickets or rushing water. Nature’s sounds add depth to any time of the day or night.

Last month you discovered how much pleasure and insight travel brings. Yet, sitting at home in the silence of our Spiritual Power Spot settles the mind and opens the heart. At such moments, we genuinely feel that going nowhere is as fulfilling as going places.

Each time before or after your meditation session, make it a habit to sit still for a few minutes to focus on your breath in silence. Let whatever moves you rise to the surface. This will balance the habitual movement.

Stillness is not inactivity. Stillness is to sit and relax your mind. It is to not let fresh thoughts come without your conscious effort. How awesome would it be if you could train yourself to journey within? The American poet Emily Dickinson seldom left her room. She wrote 1700 poems by traveling within her mind.

Doing nothing, and going nowhere, is vital to our very survival. These days we are addicted to speed and movement. If we are not moving physically we are surfing online. The mind keeps count. It doesn’t know the difference. For a while each day, take time off from the world of information and constant entertainment to take pleasure in solitude. In the quiet sights turn into insights. Do this often and see what happens this month. 

Sitting for 5-15 minutes in stillness is like building a sacred halo around yourself. You can meet your divine Self in the stillness of your body.