Dear Friend,
The world outside of us, is in constant motion. Even on the calmest of days, in the stillness of a moment of peace, the earth is spinning through space.
We’re orbiting the sun at roughly 66,000 miles per hour (107 million km/hr). At this speed, you could get from San Francisco to Washington DC in 3 minutes.
If you and I were sitting on a beach on the equator we’d also be rotating at 1000 miles an hour. The speed drops the further North you go.
Many of us live in cities. The movement is even more obvious, trains, cars, planes, pedestrians, now electric bikes and scooters. It’s Friday. Will you be able to respond to every task on your list of things to do?
How does the weekend look?
Even if all of the outer demands are silenced, how noisy and crowded are our minds?
To discover within ourselves a centre of calm, is precious and perhaps the greatest need of our age. Your next breath.
Becoming conscious of it.
The mind will protest. It has positioned itself as ruler of our universe. Without mind, we believe we would cease to exist. It’s a heist. A confidence trick.
Without our next breath, you and I quit these physical vehicles of ours.
Simply to be aware of the breath as it comes in, pauses and flows out. A space opens.
With our attention we can follow the breath as if we are breathing into our hearts. We can slow the motion of our mind and notice the beating centre in our chest. Our next breath, our next heart beat. The rhythm of life.
The next thought, let that go. Let the mind step down, its abdication is long over due. The poorest of masters, the greatest of servants. Bring you attention to the feeling of aliveness in your body.
The aliveness is us.
The mind needs to name things. For a moment we can let it be.
The watcher within.
All of that motion outside of us, it’s doing its own thing.
The pull is strong, ever present. We can unhook ourselves through this simple practice. One conscious breath, feeling our heart beat. Cultivating a habit of calm.
We have a mind, we live in a body. Our identity as spirit emerges as the demands of mind and body recede.
No need for further concepts.
Just this simple practice.
While you read.
It’s free.
Leads to freedom.
A calm centre.
Centres of calm.
In these turbulent times.
Till tomorrow
Love
Mikey