We each have a center of our being that Thomas Merton describes as “nothingness”. It is nothingness simply because it is not attached to anything and has no agenda. It is the place where we are the most free, full of love and life, our true self.
We often find ourselves in situations where this place of “being” doesn’t transcend into our “doing”, or our movement out into the world. Our true self may be love, patience, generosity, creativity – yet it does not show up in our daily circumstances. The moments of pause allow us to receive this sense of freedom and true self by touching the waters of our deep well, yet we block up, or dam, the flow of the waters as we interact with others. Why? We have our own agenda, or our own fears, and stay behind our self-protected walls.
In this session, we will identify that true self inside of us, and by thinking through a circumstance, we will begin to recognize and let go of the agenda that keeps the water from flowing.
At the Center of Stillness
At the center of stillness
we find Nothing.
A nothingness void of our accomplishments,
our needs,
our brilliance,
our failures.
At the center of stillness
there is nothing to do,
nothing to measure,
nothing to perform.
Pausing at the center of stillness
our breath stops,
all is quiet,
no measuring stick applied to our productivity
no opinion applied to our worth.
At the center of stillness
we find
nothing.
And that is where
we discover
Everything.
-Angie Winn
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