Meditation: You Need No One and Nothing (September 2022 Newsletter)

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No matter how often we speak of it, and no matter in how many ways we address the topic, there is only this present moment where we can control our environment and move into silence and spirit. How can we do this? Read and follow this simple Sufi thought:

“The Sufi is he whose thought keeps pace with his foot.

He is entirely present:

His soul is where his body is,

And his body is where his soul is,

And his soul is where his foot is,

And his foot is where his soul is.

This is the sign of presence without absence.”

All distractions of the mind (chitta) are due to not being present. If our minds are somewhere else, we fragment ourselves, the mind is not where the body is, and the body and soul separate and are separated. All thoughts are based on our experiences from the past. How else would we have a thought if we know nothing of it? These thoughts (vritti) may be pleasing or not (klishta/aklishta), but they cause the mind to race and draw us away from our Soul Self -That which truly is! When our days and nights are suddenly filled with stress, it is too late to learn how to be present. Start your practice into silence and presence now.

Namaste,

sipra