In the moment when you don’t think, you are still. And what happens is magical. Stillness speaks. Anyone who has done some kind of reflective work in their life is aware of this principle. From stillness can come the loudest voice, the grandest message, the greatest wisdom. I’ve experienced it.Stillness can sometimes have logic. Sometimes it can’t. But regardless, they are all pieces of a puzzle that you’re trying to fit together. I find that stillness is best used or produces the best ideas when you have a conscious idea or project you are working on, but stop to be still so that a tool or piece of wisdom you require can speak.

Being still is simply to allow you to be with the wisdom and the insight, and then to allow you to see for yourself where — if anywhere — that takes you. Most people be still to look for something particular. They are lost in thought. And so most of the time, the magic just passes them by. For me, stillness speaking is like the soul rising like the sun. For me, it produces experiences of joy, happiness, clarity, energy, excitement, oneness, peace and gratitude.

Most people say when they try to be still, they have a lot of mental chatter. My concept of stillness is to allow that mental chatter to happen so it sorts itself out, and behind all of that is the real stillness. Allow the chatter to happen till it’s over, but don’t get lost in it. If we think about it, if we begin to analyze it, if we start to argue with it or try to “figure it out,” we’ll become lost in thought. It could take a minute for some to get there, or even 43 minutes. Every situation will be different. But you will get there, it’s guaranteed.

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