Preparation for tapping into the stillness...

Tapping into the stillness... I remember when I first began to try to understand how exactly is this done. Be Still and Know that I AM God. I had to come to realize that this space is not a physical place. You see, my whole world here on earth is physical. This space that I am referring to is a space of No Thing, it is substance of potentialities/possibilities. Anything your imagination can imagine is possible and can manifest in our physical world. I am not just speaking of things, material things but circumstances. I am speaking of words we talk about but cannot not see such as love, peace, joy, harmony, etc which is hard to describe and see but can be felt through the body and heart. Of course we can identify love through the eyes of a happy child, the miracle of a birth of a child, a puppy, an insect, an animal or many other expressions.

I know if people are talking, I cannot concentrate on a movie unless there is less conversation. This is how I see Be Still and Know that I AM God. In order for me to clearly hear what God is saying to me, I have to give my attention to this stillness. Since God is not a man or woman then I am not speaking of a human voice but I must say, I have heard a voice and have seen images that has guided me to a solution to a problem that was weighing me down. It was after I stilled my mind and let myself become still that I heard the voice of God guide me to a solution to a problem or healed my hurting heart. This is a time that I do nothing more than just sit with my eyes closed and breathe without effort. I do not always get an instant answer in this stillness. I certainly do feel at peace when I bring myself back into my room. Being in the stillness makes one more aware and sharpen your mind so that you can see the slightest thing that was there in your surrounding before but now you see things clearly as though you are seeing them for the first time.

When I first experienced this, I did not return to the stillness for a long time. Maybe it was fear of the unknown. Maybe it was beliefs that I has acquired from childhood, from religion, from teachers, from friends or some I just believed out of habit that kept me from returning. Many friends ask me how do you go into the silence? Now that I am in the habit of going into the silence, I thought this was a silly question until I began to think about it. I began to realize that many people can not be still or quiet. To be quiet for any reasonable period of time makes some people go into a depressed state. It seems as though, we are always moving about and talking all the time and sincerely do not know how to sit still and be quiet.



I began with my high school students with breathing. I talked about breathing and proper breathing and deep cleansing breathing. This was the beginning of a breakthrough with my students to begin to still themselves in order to go into the silence. At first, it was an exercise just to quiet their minds and that was it. Because I was a public school teacher, I could not practice anything in my class anything that has a tone of religion. So, I could not go too much farther with my students in the classroom.

As far as I was concerned, I realize this is a first step to stilling oneself and then move into the space after some discussion about what was my idea, (those who were trying to go into the silence), and others idea of God. This space of substance of potentialities is God for me of which all things come from. The invisible then the visible, I began to understand this. All that we desire, need is in the Allness of God. I believe that, God is all there is.

I also thought about going into the stillness when I am in the middle of chaos. This stillness can take place in the middle of chaos, when the most horrific things are going on around you or to you. I experienced that I could still go into the silence anywhere and at anytime.

Meditation:
Breathe noticing the breath. Now, take 3 deep cleansing breaths, exhaling out through the mouth. You may use a mantra to keep the thoughts from distracting you. You may say a word like love or peace over and over in your mind. You may say Jesus, Allah, Buddha, over and over or whatever you feel comfortable saying. Just sit for about 3 minutes and slowly open your eyes bringing yourself back into the room. As you get comfortable with this practice, you may increase the time. Also, you may want to journal any experience you may have or record any insights. Lovely LadyFran