I know her as

Selfhood and Stillness

I ask her
If I had the opportunity to change one thing and one thing only, what would it be?

She pauses and nods, then says:

I’m grateful for the question, let’s see

You’ve read all the books, engulfed by concept and explanation

I’ve seen how intensely your hair your eyes your ears have committed themselves to all the courses

I hear the endless repetition of: change, improvement, and growth. Words now having lost the shape of their original meaning.

And so…

With one question – you may cross the threshold of your efforting.

Change one thing and one thing only: Change the relationship you have with yourself,

Return to being with all that is.

Begin with selfhood and stillness.

Start there, she said,

See where that goes.

 

 

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