'Rest' Articles
Find the Tao, the natural way of yourself. Some emotions are disturbing and cause unhappiness, and they arise from ideas that differ from inner nature. We can get so upset that we will seek oblivion, just to find peace. Either your calling is the path of peace, or maybe you are meant to find the peace in passion.
“Sometimes the most urgent thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest” Ashleigh Brilliant
“I still need more healthy rest in order to work at my best. My health is the main capital I have and I want to administer it intelligently.” Ernest Hemingway (American novelist and short-story writer, Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954, 1899-1961)
“Rest, rest, perturbed spirit!” William Shakespeare (English Dramatist, Playwright and Poet, 1564-1616)
Rest vs. Stagnation
The difference between coming to rest in life, and stagnation. Very different dynamics. We often feel that anything in life must be our decision. That we have to be in control. So we often set rhythms in our life that actually raise our general stress level. We think we either have to be driven, or control change, or any of a myriad of preconceptions about how the proper life should be led, and to some degree this can’t be totally avoided. Our society is based on some concepts and to work with others we must give these ideas some place.… Seek More
Force of Will
Are we never to force our will on life? People think that without force, without “taking initiative”, we would never express ourselves at all. Never do or create anything. We are told any creation is an act of will. Everything is supposedly hard work. Well, stress happens even if you find the inner way. But you are part of the flow of life and the feelings you have inside that make you desire things and want to give things, are a part of that flow. If you only knew those moments of rest, then you would not truly know rest.… Seek More
Rest and Recreation
The search for rest is what takes so many people into substance abuse. To take a break from their inner chaos. The process that leads to addiction is not “evil” in the person. We do even the harmful things because we perceive a need, but are not always in touch with our real needs. So in desperation we try anything at all. This life we are taught to live seems to lead so many to an almost mad desperation so we try many relationships and gain many emotional scars, and we try many distractions. Can get obsessive about recreation. Is… Seek More
Restlessness
Why do you feel society has perhaps gotten as crazy as it has, friends? So many reasons I could cite. I don’t know where to begin. It’s focus on progress. Cosmic changes are filtering through to us. Some of us are accepting, others are resisting. This makes for craziness on many levels. Indeed, it does. Restlessness. Our deepest wisdom stems from the root of our life force. We experience joy only to the degree that we feel alive. How many people do you know who say they feel alive? Who say they feel alive? Very few. Control and manipulation breeding… Seek More
Letting Go
Sometimes it feels like I’m in a room where everyone is shouting over one another, and I just hear noise in my head. I can’t make sense of any of it. Yes, and you do try. The best course in those situations is to rest. If it’s important, it will get to you anyway. In science speak, they call the resting sections of the brain the default mode network, and if these cannot keep a healthy rhythm of activity, you become mentally imbalanced. So your brain actually works like a diesel engine. It saves more energy by idling in an… Seek More
Rest Is Clarity
Many cultures demonize rest. They believe it leads to selfish licentious behaviour. I can see why people think so, but it isn’t actually the cause. Rest serves as a mirror of your state. When you rest, your state of mind becomes abundantly clear. You can become incredibly frustrated and angry. So idleness won’t let the devil inside? Idleness won’t. The devil was already inside, because the devil is in the details. All those petty little things that everyone tells you are so very important. All the petty little goals that people will hurt you to get you to help with. Rest… Seek More
In Touch
Rest is a profound wisdom, and it puts us in touch with the world as it is, not as our fearful thinking tells us it is. From this world our life stems, and in rest we draw from that same well. Or if not, where does our energy actually come from? Can you make energy like you make coffee? Corporations are trying, but employees haven’t took to it yet. Oh, they try many insane things on a Sunday. I’ve heard companies talk of “high energy” work places like it was something they could produce. They cannot produce, but can maybe… Seek More
