Day 234 - A Year to Clear - Lesson 234: Flip the Switch

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Lesson 234: Lesson 234: Flip the Switch

We spend a lot of our time doing tasks throughout our day – from remembering to wash the dishes, deciding what to eat for lunch, sitting all day at the computer working, worrying about finances, thinking about what we look good in… the lists go on and on. If you stop for a moment and clear your mind for a moment, that’s welcoming in stillness. Stillness is just a step or “switch” away. Can it be that easy though? Can we just flip a switch and be instantly still? What do you think you need to do to achieve this stillness on a day to day basis?

When I get overwhelmed, I personally close my eyes and start to breathe. I think this is my stillness that I require to just calm things down. There are days where I stay home and do nothing, as in literally don’t think about anything and watch a senseless show so I’m not over working my brain – this is also how I achieve stillness. Being around my friends actually help me find stillness. Even though I may be doing an activity with them, it actually takes me away from my own worries, so to me that’s achieving stillness in another way. Another form of stillness is practising meditation. This blocks out any outside noise and allows you to dispel the negative of the day and replenish in silence. I believe meditation to be such a life saver in that regard. And one final one off the top of my head is listening to music. Not doing anything but chilling to music or dancing to it as a form of letting go, allows me not to think and be still in the music.

I think achieving stillness requires awareness to bring it in. What do you think?