Giving it All up to the Stillness | Filed under General
I was about to go for the night and came across this and knew it was for a special friend, she will know who she is when she reads this post. Read this take it to heart.
I realize that I have spent much of my life waiting for inspiration. Ever since I was a child, I have had an Inner Voice that has guided me through these many years, through all the difficult and painful times, and has provided me with inspiration, guidance and practical help in all the good times and creative times of my life.
But there have been times, sometimes long periods of time, when this Voice has grown still. Gradually I learned that when my Inner Voice grew still, then it was time for me to be still, to sit quietly and wait. These periods of waiting have always turned out to be some of my deepest teachings. They ceased being my “waiting” periods and became transformed into periods of deep “listening.”
The more still my Inner Voice, the more still my mind has to become so that I can listen more intently. The quieter my mind becomes the richer each moment becomes. I remember initially I would be concerned that I had done something wrong. Then I would get depressed, impatient, frustrated. But gradually I gave it all up to the stillness. There have been periods when I have had to listen for months.
Then finally, when I have to completely let go of all my resistance, when all I can DO is BE — very, very deep inside there is a slight movement and my heart leaps. I can feel the inner joy begin to arise slowly. The long quiet winter is drawing to a close. I know that Spring is coming.
By Marion Wilson-Gruzalski
Take this to heart my friend, be patient it will come and I am here for you as you have always been for me. You need to take care of YOU before anyone. I love you and am concerned about YOU.
So what is your thoughts on the content of the post—-forget about who it was to. ( you know I always have to —well do something—else—-That is just me being me—The Sweet One because I can not be The Good One and I don’t want to be the Bad One)
September 7th, 2006 at 12:03 am
Okay, time for me to get back on the meditation cushion. I do miss the stillness too and the peace and clarity born from the blessed awareness of the present moment.
September 7th, 2006 at 8:01 am
I second all of that, it was the perfect thing for her…
The good one is good in so many ways and she needs to take care of herself and it will all come back.
I keep forgetting which one I am, was it the nice one? Because, well, you know, it’s nice to be naughty at times. *snortle*
You both are so special to me and I cannot imagine my life without either of you.
September 7th, 2006 at 2:42 pm
Such a wonderful, inspirational peace, as always.
The author of the piece is so right; if you force things rather than listen to your inner voice, you become blocked, and there’s no way around that obstacle until “be quiet” and listen.
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful lesson.
September 7th, 2006 at 5:10 pm
Thank you, Vickie, not just for the timing of this but for being there today when I needed to talk to a friend about his news. I appreciate it more than you know.
September 8th, 2006 at 8:15 am
This is so true, the times in my life when there was turmoil, I often heard in my mind, ‘Be still and know that I am God.’ It was the times that I became still that I recieved my answers.
September 17th, 2006 at 1:15 pm
Beautiful post.
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