While we have a guided meditation every day of the week, on Sundays the meditation is just quiet. Just you sitting with your own silence, and knowing that all of us are sitting in our own silence along with you.
“It is indeed a radical act of love just to sit down and be quiet for a time by yourself.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Another way to look at meditation is to view thinking itself as a waterfall, a cascading of thought. In cultivating mindfulness, we are going beyond or behind our thinking, much the way you might find a vantage point or depression in the rock behind a waterfall. We still see and hear the water, but we are out of the torrent.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Mindfulness meditation is the embrace of any and all mind states, in awareness, without preferring one over another.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
“Meditation is simply about being yourself and knowing something about who that is.” – Jon Kabat-Zinn
These four quotes from John Kabat-Zinn are a simple summary of meditation:
- Sit and be quiet by yourself…
- Step outside of the torrent of thinking…
- Embrace all mind states without preferring one over the other…
- Being yourself and knowing something about WHO that is…
Do you realise WHO you are?
Who are you BEING when you are able to sit with your SELF? Who are you BEING when you step outside the torrent of thinking and just witness the thoughts? Who are you BEING when you are able to look at any of your mind states and not prefer one over the other?
You are the witness, the observer, the soul, the voice of wisdom – and the more often you can embody this space, the more you will be living – and acting from the wisdom that you are.
You are invited to join us for a silent meditation. In the quietude of your own being, you’ll discover the profound peace and clarity that awaits.
A few mantras for self-reflection:
- Be Still and Know: Allow yourself to sit in stillness, without the need to fill every moment with activity or thought.
- Witness Without Judgment: Observe your mental processes without judgment, noticing the rise and fall of thoughts.
- Accept All Experiences: Embrace both pleasant and unpleasant experiences with equanimity, recognizing the impermanence of all things.
- Trust Your Inner Wisdom: Tune into the deeper layers of your being, the part of you that is timeless and unchanging.
- Be Kind to Yourself: Practice self-compassion and understanding.
By embodying this space of awareness, we tap into a wellspring of wisdom and intuition. We begin to make decisions from a place of clarity and peace, rather than reacting impulsively to external stimuli. We become more compassionate, more understanding, and more resilient.
– pierre –
Today’s LIVE meditation is: Finding silence.