In the whirlwind of modern life, where the pace is relentless and the noise unending, there's a tranquil shore awaiting your arrival. It's a place where each breath is a note in the symphony of existence, it is placed deep down in our core of mind and body. This sanctuary is not a distant dream; it's the reality of slow and peaceful living.
The Symphony of Stillness for Mental Health
The art of stillness is a melody that soothes the soul. In the quietude of your own space, mental clutter dissipates, leaving room for clarity and peace to flourish. Imagine a life where the mind is free from the shackles of ceaseless thought, a life where mental health is not just a goal but a journey of continuous nurturing. To free your mind of endless thoughts - less or more 6 200 thoughts per day - best way is to practice mindful meditation. We can not find calmness somewhere outside of our own temple, we must turn to ourselves and silence the external noise.
Practice of Returning to Yourself: Meditation
Take a deep breath. Exhale. Repeat. If you ever find it challenging to connect with your inner body, try focusing on your breath first. Conscious breathing, a strong form of meditation, will help you gradually reconnect with your body.
During meditation, we practice the power of the present moment. It's the way we silence the mind and the swirling of incessant thoughts, and we just exist in here and now. In the present moment, the past and the future can not exist. Time is a concept invented by Homo sapiens.
As long as the mind occupies all your attention, you are separated from being. It happens to most people all the time, and then they're not in their bodies. You can't stop thinking. Compulsive thinking has become a collective disease. Your whole sense of who you are is then based on the activity of the mind. Since it is no longer rooted in being, your identity becomes vulnerable, a mental structure that always has needs, and fear becomes the prevailing emotion. The only thing that really matters to you is what life is missing: awareness of one's own deeper self—an invisible and indestructible reality.
Excerpt from the book The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle
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