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Stillness Itself As Motion
Stillness itself as motion:
at some point in meditation there comes a profound insight of stillness itself as motion — that they are not two separate events, but more truly seen as one thing only, singular in essence, and occurring at the very same time. Or at least it appears to be this way, and as it is with any insight, nothing should, nor even can be stated as sure and certain, as there is always infinitely more to reality than what is currently being revealed. An insight is really only a glimpse of possibilities and never the entire show of reality. In this light I often find myself reluctant to share an insight, not wishing to debate an issue still unfolding through my mind. Yet the nature of a writer is to share, taking chances to be misunderstood or maybe proven wrong, for the opportunity put insight into words.
stillness itself as motion.
not two opposing forces — and just the same with silence and words shared, a quiet mind and insights somehow given, each in essence one thing only. The impact of this is a softening of opinion, that nothing is truly opposed by nature, and that all things are allowed their individual expressions, an aspect of the whole affair of life and living.
in this sense than, a heart sutra, nothing in opposite, form and formlessness in continuous shifting of expression, and all the while…