dailydatewithgod

If the water in the pond never goes still I can’t see my reflection in it.  If my mind never goes still I can not know what it is that is in constant motion within me.  The stillness behind a mindfulness or meditation practice affords one the chance to see what is underneath the hood of one’s car.  Only then can I appreciate what my mind does so automatically all the time.  I can also begin to make changes to the wiring and connections that need to be repaired.  Just because its functional does not mean its optimal.  Our brains are not going to tell us what they have created a work around for. It will simply do what needs to be done to insure survival.  We typically do not question it until it breaks down.  We are willing to get still when the effects of the mechanism no longer do things in ways that work for us.  Stillness affords us a chance to look.  You would not open up the hood of your car while driving down the road would you?  You would wait until you were stopped and the engine had cooled before touching any of the wiring.  If we want to move our lives into a great space to experience love and the power of our hearts and spirits, we must be still enough to take a look at our mind.