How often in a day do you just stop? Not to rest, not to turn around, but just to stop to experience stopping. This is a wonderful Zen practice to pepper the day with. Stop. Physically. Experience the stillness that is so much more apparent when you have been moving and then just STOP. To be spotted by the moment. There’s always this place for you right here. And an instant where there is no seeking invites the unexpected.
Always going somewhere is walking within a rail. Eyes forward, mind into thought, often the mind’s eye is miles away, blocking the avenue of the senses. When you STOP you find your home right here, emerging in the happening world. This sound. This scent. Just this. What is this?