Monday, July 21, 2008

Back in the Saddle

I have been away on vacation for the past week. I fully admit that I took time off from the formal stillness experiment while I was gone. I was celebrating a friend's 60th birthday and then added on time to spend in the mountains of North Carolina.

The location where we stayed is at the end of a road and hugged by the mountains. Talk about stillness. It is awesome.

When I would take time to be with the mountains and the peace, the feeling was very much the same as when I take time to be still inside myself. Sure the scenery was different :) But the feeling is similar.

The thing is you can't carry the mountains around with you but you can take a moment to be still anywhere. It was a great reminder.

Take a moment now to be still. If you have fallen off the saddle, there is no time like the present to get back on.

While I was gone, a couple of people mentioned getting dizzy when doing the eye scan. If that is your experience, I recommend trying 2 things: 1) drink a class of water first 2) try doing the eye scan at a slower pace and see if that helps.

Let us know how you are doing and what support you need.



Warmly,
Stacey

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Welcome to the Stillness Experiment

Welcome to all who would like more stillness, peace and joy in their life.

I started this experiment for a variety of reasons. the main reason is that I personally need more structure to remind me to be quiet. And I wanted to structure to be easy to use and not take a lot of time.

I've been a student of stillness for a long time and know its benefits. And yet somehow, I still manage to get out of the habit. I will think I haven't mastered it and don't need to practice any more. But that is only my ego fooling me.

I also started this experiment because I am curious about what would be available if many people around the world were practicing stillness at the same time and for an extended period of time, such as 30 days.

You see when you are still, you are not in resistance. And when we are not in resistance with ourselves or others, what is possible in our lives and in their lives.? And even in the lives of those who do not participate because our energy is connected to others energy.

I had many reasons not to start this experiment. The biggest of which is that I have a shoulder injury/torn rotator cuff. It is very painful at times and is interfering with my sleep. So I thought to myself, how can I possibly be quiet when I am having this much pain?

And then I awakened and remembered that being still is probably the best thing I could do for myself right now. And as I re-engaged in my stillness exercises, I found I was much better able to be with my injury and indeed the pain lessened.

I imagine you have reasons to why this might not be the best time for you to be still or participate in this experiment. I encourage you to think of those reasons, as the very reason for you to participate right now. There is never a great time to do this according to our ego.

There will never be a time; a time when we have nothing going on in our lives. Stillness does not take away from what is going on in your life. Rather, it enhances your life.

You may have a concern about whether you will be able to do this regularl y---to set aside time and to remember to be quiet. for one minute every hour. I encourage you to let go of that concern. You will do what ever you do, and it will be just perfect. Haves the intent to learn from what ever you do and don't do an experiment. I don't know that I will remember or take the time to do it every hour. Even know that if my commitment. And I will notice what comes up to get in my way both inside of me and outside of me. And it will all be very interesting.

I look forward to being on this journey with you. The more the merrier. So please invite your friends to play with us. They can sign up at www.Balancedliving.com/stillness.html.

Warmly,

Stacey