Stillness is your essential nature. What is stillness?

The inner space or awareness in which the words on this page are being perceived and become thoughts. Without that awareness, there would be no perception, no thoughts, no world…

When you become aware of silence, immediately there is that state of inner still alertness. You are present. You have stepped out of thousands of years of collective human conditioning.

Look at a tree, a flower, a plant. Let your awareness rest upon it. How still they are, how deeply rooted in Being. Allow nature to teach you stillness.

Excerpted from Eckhart Tolle, Stillness Speaks

Nature truly teaches us to be still, to be present, to listen.

What a quick way to get to the present moment.

For me, sitting on a special rock by the river,

or taking an early morning or after dark walk with my dog,

brings me to that stillness.

A favorite oak tree,

old majestic,

as I walk by,

I stop,

I look up at her beauty like

a grandmother tree staring down at me,

I touch her trunk

and thank her for her presence.

In this  magnificent oak trees’ amazing glory and presence,

I feel more present.

What a gift bestowed upon me in that moment.

What happens is I  get grouned when communioning with nature,

with bird songs, with wind, with river, with trees,

so that when I return to my life, my kids, my work, my home,

I am much more centered

than before I

left.

This makes me a way better parent for starters

and I am much more focused on the projects and goals at hand.

Stillness grounds me,

nature puts me in the now right now,

and life continues to unfold

perfectly and miraculously.

I am grateful for the greatest teacher,

nature,

and the stillness all around me there.