Clarity

Silence is not a large part of our lives, generally. We are stimulated sensorily at all times. In addition to the barrage of marketing we are subjected to, we avoid silence because when we are silent, our thoughts rush in to fill the void. Those thoughts that occur to us when we are unsuspecting can be filled with negativity. We carry with us our insecurities, our fear and anger. When we are quiet and engage our conscious mind we can get lost in the analyzing, justifying and judgment that can come with thinking about things that worry us.

We live in a material world (nobody sing), one with a tenuous grasp on the concept of energy or spirit. When we lose sight of the fact that existence is bigger than our lives and conscious perception of it, we become subject to worry about things that are of little significance. There is a mantra that translates as "I am that." There are several that suggest this idea that we are the universe. We are not separate entities. What makes the universe makes us as well. What fills the universe fills us as well. If you are a science minded individual, physicists have shown us that every element in the universe is created in stars. When they nova, they shoot the ingredients for planets and life out into the universe. So, on an ethereal level, you are inherently divine. On a physical level, you are made of stars.

Today we will practice moving in silence, sitting in silence and, hopefully, will achieve some measure of clarity at the end of it all.

In the mean time, try this:

Visualize being surrounded by fog. In the fog is all of your conscious thought. It holds all your doubts, fears, anxieties, embarrassment, and anything you typically hold against yourself on a given day. It is dense and opaque.

Take a step back.

Feel that you are emerging from this turmoil.

Take a step back.

Feel your back body free. Begin to see light.

Take a step back.

Be free of the fog. It still takes up your view but you are no longer bound to it. Watch it writhe and roil.

Take a step back.

Notice how light and relieved you feel. Begin to see, as you create distance between yourself and the fog, the edges of it.

Take a step back.

See how insignificant that turmoil is in comparison to all the space around it. Notice how small and petty it really is.

Begin to feel a breeze blow. It penetrates your skin and flows to every square inch of your being. Experience and appreciate your recent lightness of being. Feel the breeze become a wind. It becomes powerful enough to take your fog and carry it away from you. The fog dissipates and disappears. Feel how easy it is to exist calmly and quietly now that you've release your burden.