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Stillness Speaks

Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle Albert Einstein said, "Stand still.  The trees ahead and bush beside you are not lost." If we connect to the stillness within, we move beyond our active minds and emotions and discover great depths of lasting peace, contentment and serenity. Some important teachings that I learnt from the book "Stillness Speaks". 1. Silence & Stillness When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself.  When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world. Stillness is awareness.    The equivalent of external noise is the inner noise of thinking.   The equivalent of external silence is inner stillness. Whenever there is some silence around you - notice it.  In the moment of noticing the silence around you, you are not thinking.  You are aware, but not thinking.  When you become aware of silence, immediately there is that state of inner still alertness.  You are present. When you look...