[KY Online Training] NM Being #99 - Stillness & Silence at Solstice

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> NEW MILLENNIUM BEING

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> STILLNESS AND SILENCE AT SOLSTICE

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> Number #99

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> By Gururattan Kaur Khalsa, Ph.D.

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Nature pauses to partake of a moment of

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> Making us aware of the possibility of

> peace on Earth,

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> Softly wishing that we may join her in

> this prayer.

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> In the Northern Hemisphere Winter Solstice is

> December 21st. The shortest day and the longest

> night of the year invites us to go inward and be

> with ourselves. The Sun also goes into Capricorn on

> the 21st. The last Earth sign invites us to connect

> deep within our body and to celebrate our human life

> on planet Earth. Mercury goes direct late the 19th

> on the West Coast or early the 20th any place east.

> While Mercury changes direction, it is possible for

> our mind to calm down and let go. It is a time to

> be still and silent. It is a time to listen and

> feel deeply. It is time to experience peace.

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> I offer you the following poem to move into the

> gentle unity of your soul. In this place of peace,

> many we join together in prayer for peace within all

> and for peace on our planet.

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> May the beauty and peace of the Infinite be with you

> now, in the New Year and always.

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> Gururattan Kaur Khalsa

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> To see a properly formatted version of this poem,

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> nmb/backissues/nmb99.html

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STILLNESS: STAND STILL

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> By Gururattan Kaur Khalsa, Ph.D.

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> Stillness is the winter of our spiritual journey.

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> to disentangle ourselves from situations that

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> creating confusion

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> zapping our energy

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> leading us astray

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> to identify where we block ourselves and

> evaluate our situation.

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> Standstill is a directive to stand still

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> to observe what is happening

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> to be with what is so

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> to find out the truth.

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> When we stand still we can

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> calm down

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> achieve clarity

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> establish connection

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> take a position.

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> Stand still is the antidote to agitation.

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> Agitation is born from dissatisfaction.

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> Dissatisfaction breeds impatience.

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> Impatience spawns frustration .

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> Frustration depletes our energy.

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> In stillness

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> we become aware of the tight restraints under

> which we live

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> we discern where the pay back is not adequate

> for the energy spent

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> we are in touch with our space that has created

> the incongruities

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> we recognize our power to create a space that

> attracts to us what we want.

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> Stillness is a time of withdrawal, where we

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> look at what we are doing

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> assess the implications of our actions

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> sacrifice our illusions

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> submit to our higher guidance

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> surrender to the Divine.

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> Withdrawal is a time to patiently accept

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> the death of the old

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> the gestation of the new

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> the process of growth called life.

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> It is the time to reach within instead of out. It is

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> to examine and release outmoded habits

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> to shed and cleanse the debris in our

> environments and in our minds

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> to discover what we are holding on to that we

> best relinquish

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> to reconnect with our inner life

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> to reaffirm what is real

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> to sacrifice our ego for our soul.

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> It is a time of acceptance, not of blame.

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> It is a time of observation, not of anxiety.

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> It is a time of calculated caution, not of

> stubborn will.

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