The stream of thinking has enormous momentum that can easily drag
you along with it. Every thought pretends that it matters so much.
It wants to draw your attention in completely.
Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don’t take your thoughts
too seriously.
Eckhart Tolle
Extract from “Stillness Speaks”
I remember this quite well when I’m not busily enmeshed in my thoughts – now to actually put it in practice, when I am enmeshed in them! I think that’s where stillness does come in. If I can’t meditate in the moment, I can always breathe mindfully. While breathing if I am doing a task I can bring my complete attention to it, feeling the way my hands move as I perform the task, feel my feet solidly on the ground, and breathing consciously letting each breath wash across my internal shores and watch my thoughts wash out to the great vast sea and dissipate.
Love, Bethie
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