In my recent week in silence I saw two things more clearly and simply than I ever had. 
One, there is nothing to work out. The movements of life around the deep, still, silence that is always there are just movements. There is nothing in those movements that requires anything.
And two, those movements in consciousness (what we commonly call ‘thought’) are always collecting, integrating, and making nothing into something.
When we have the opportunity to get beneath this activity and really watch it for what it is without identifying with the content, a feeling of freedom begins to bubble up.
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Join me for a silent retreat February 23-28 in Gatlinburg. TN.
This retreat was designed for those who feel called by the still, unchanging silence that is your true nature. Prolonged silence with others is a very powerful way to rediscover and devote to the truth of who you are. It’s also a very powerful way to watch the self-ing mechanism at play and to deeply see this sense of “me” as a thought that comes and goes.
Space is limited. You can see more at dramyjohnson.com/silentretreat
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