Eloquence Of Silence

First, such a beautiful post and the illustration lending itself to so many interpretations... That itself created space! Thank you. My yoga teacher, a wonderful young man in his thirties, often quotes from Patanjali and asks to drop all action, tension and anxiety that comes from doer-ship. ' I do nothing, I want nothing, I am nothing' is what he reminds us to do even if for a couple of minutes. That letting go of the (misplaced) belief that I am the doer creates expansion for me, at least the possibility of it starting with resting in that moment. Otherwise, running around like a plucked chicken believing that if I didn't hurry up and did not multitask, I would be leaving something undone which is very important. The fact, sometimes in hindsight, sometimes if I am lucky, right then, I can see how just sitting back and gazing out is so relaxing. And then everything done from that space is beautiful, even if it isn't complete. Meditation helps me to deliberately sit down physically to allow my runaway mind to also rest a while. Deliberately pausing and looking for the right, more restful words to express my emotion is hugely liberating too. I want to then emulate what I have written. It is still not a way of my being. It will be when it will be. Hide full comment

Emptiness is fullness and fullness is emptiness. In order to learn new ideas the mind has to let go of old worn out ideas. We have a tendency to hold on to old ideas and that prevents us from creating new ideas. In order to move on we need to let go and not get stuck with old ideas and we need to let go of the old worn out ideas. That's the way to move on in our life. Innovative ideas are born when we let go of the old worn out growth blocking ideas. My father taught me how to quiet and empty my mind to listen to new ideas. He taught me how let go of the distractions and be fully present with me and with others. Building wholsome and new connections with oneself and with others also requires letting go of holding on to the old and worn out ideas. Old habits are hard to break. In order to cultivate new habits we need to cultivate courage to let go of the old habits. Mindfulness of such bondages has helped me to liberate myself from the grip of the bondages. May we all be liberated from the self-created bondages. Namaste. Jagdish P Dave Hide full comment