Energy Musings. Here. Now.
The energy of this moment.
What happens today, when you stop. Just stop. Like right now. STOP!
Stop doing, stop trying, stop moving. Really stop. How long does that “stop” take? As you ‘stop’, what parts of you have stopped? what parts of you keep going? Did you really stop?
Stop the excess. The extra. The “more than”. Stop the thoughts, the mindlessness, the triggers. Stop being lost. Stop creating suffering. Stop worrying. Stop projecting. Stop.
Then ask: What is essential? What never stops? What is vital to your being? What is vital to this Earth? What is vital to life as we know it?
We stop so that we can listen, see, hear, feel. So we can notice. So we can pay attention. So we can create IN-tention. We stop so that when we “go” we go forward with clarity, connection, calm, centeredness and true discernment. We stop so can remember who we are, why we are here and what are work is.
Sometimes, we think of a stop as a “pause” or a “time in”. But really, that pause must be a full on, no faking, 100 % STOP.
I remember once a cop pulled me over at a stop sign. He noted that I came to a sort of “rolling stop” but not a full stop, and he kindly and patiently explained the difference. A Full Stop is just that: giving your wheels the full amount of time to truly and completely stop. And then waiting (like a full breath!) before you start again. And when you start again, it feels like you are starting from the the very beginning. Like when you first start your car in the morning. How long had I been mostly coming to a “rolling stop” at stop signs and not even noticed? After that, I paid much more attention to stop signs. I was grateful to this police officer for calling my attention to a place I had lost awareness. Now, when I come to a stop sign, (especially the ones back in quiet neighborhoods where I find its easiest to sort of kind of roll to a stop-ish, and keep going because its clear no ones around…) I really, truly STOP. This is my practice. And it feels different. I notice what it means to stop and what it feels like to start again from a place of really stopping.
When did we lose connection to what it really feels like to stop?
Today, re-connect yourself to the experience of truly stopping. Throughout your day, as you remember to, whenever and wherever you are.
Stop. Look. Listen. Then see how the very next moment unfolds for you.
Word of the Day: Stop!
Song of the Day: Stop and Smell the Roses by Mac Davis
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