Stillness versus letting go

[Guest guest]

Hello Again Dear Ones-

 

Here is something I have discovered in myself. A deep relaxation and

surrender is very different from remaining still. There is a

difference between the sensation of really dropping into my lower

torso and the sensation of relaxing by maintaining a stillness.

 

If I really letting go I find an openness and an expansion which can

contain or bring forth movement. The feeling of trying to relax by

remaining still in comparison feels much more binding, like I am

holding myself. The difference is very subtle but in stillness I find

some resistance that inhibits a fuller surrender. The movement I feel

when really letting go does not mean I am not relaxed but rather

surrendering to that which is there already. If you fully relax in a

river, you are going to go twisting and turning down steam because

that is the way of your environment.

 

There have been times though when I find myself in a place a extreme

quiet and stillness, even if there is much activity around me, and I

am like a distant witness that perceives but is not affected. I have

experienced this not too many times but it seems more like a

culmination, like a standing wave, that comes. But it does not come

within the effort of trying to be still or in wanting to find stillness.

 

Thank you and God Bless-

 

Bret

[Guest guest]

Hello, Bret!

What you say rings so true!

 

And, the part about being a witness, a bystander to 'myself'?

I have done this all of my life. For he longest time I feared

something was wrong with me! I wasn't " like the majority " .

Well, maybe I wasn't...

Now, I finally realize " being a watcher of myself " is exactly what I

(and all of us) need to do!

Thanks for sharing your awareness, as this sharing helps others

become aware!

Many Blessings!

:)

Stephen C.

 

 

, Bret Arenson

<bretarenson wrote:

>

> Hello Again Dear Ones-

>

> Here is something I have discovered in myself. A deep relaxation

and

> surrender is very different from remaining still. There is a

> difference between the sensation of really dropping into my lower

> torso and the sensation of relaxing by maintaining a stillness.

>

> If I really letting go I find an openness and an expansion which

can

> contain or bring forth movement. The feeling of trying to relax by

> remaining still in comparison feels much more binding, like I am

> holding myself. The difference is very subtle but in stillness I

find

> some resistance that inhibits a fuller surrender. The movement I

feel

> when really letting go does not mean I am not relaxed but rather

> surrendering to that which is there already. If you fully relax in

a

> river, you are going to go twisting and turning down steam because

> that is the way of your environment.

>

> There have been times though when I find myself in a place a

extreme

> quiet and stillness, even if there is much activity around me, and

I

> am like a distant witness that perceives but is not affected. I

have

> experienced this not too many times but it seems more like a

> culmination, like a standing wave, that comes. But it does not

come

> within the effort of trying to be still or in wanting to find

stillness.

>

> Thank you and God Bless-

>

> Bret

>

[Guest guest]

What a great message! This is very true. I have also been standing

among activity and felt apart from it. This is especially true since

having biofeedback treatment, which is really a form of deep

meditation. I have reached the point where I have a deep calm in my

core and even when there are stressful things going on around me, I

still have that calm in there. It's a good feeling.

 

I suffer from migraines and since learning these techniques have been

able to change my physiology in the first stage of migraine and

actually abort the headaches. The only migraines that have gotten

through lately are the ones I wake up with in the morning which are

already in the second stage. (At that point, I just tie a knot and

hold on.)

 

Sarita

 

, Bret Arenson

<bretarenson wrote:

>

> Hello Again Dear Ones-

>

> Here is something I have discovered in myself. A deep relaxation

and

> surrender is very different from remaining still. <snip>