Still: Poems for Meditation

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Still.

A word with multiple meanings.

Still, as in not moving, as in being quiet. Motionless.

Or still, as in “up to and including the present moment.”

This book is meant to suggest both.

 

In a world that is not quiet, that is not motionless, can we find an anchor inside of ourselves that can be the Still Point?

 

In a world that asks us to consume more, scroll more, want more, can we find an inhale and an exhale to give us stillness?

 

In a world full of angry people who yell, can we find a place of deep silence, the still place where we can really listen?

 

This book is meant to offer some anchors for this moment. It is meant to offer an alternative to more hurry and more noise.

 

And it is meant to proclaim that even now, the promises of Love are still true.

That all is not given up to despair, though cruelty has its fans.

That the Goodness can never be sold to the highest bidder.

That even if the ways we have known become impassable, the Way still exists for us.

That still, our choices matter.

That still, the ways we feed birds in the winter, or serve dinner to someone hungry, or work for what we believe in, matter.

Still.

A word with multiple meanings.

Still, as in not moving, as in being quiet. Motionless.

Or still, as in “up to and including the present moment.”

This book is meant to suggest both.

 

In a world that is not quiet, that is not motionless, can we find an anchor inside of ourselves that can be the Still Point?

 

In a world that asks us to consume more, scroll more, want more, can we find an inhale and an exhale to give us stillness?

 

In a world full of angry people who yell, can we find a place of deep silence, the still place where we can really listen?

 

This book is meant to offer some anchors for this moment. It is meant to offer an alternative to more hurry and more noise.

 

And it is meant to proclaim that even now, the promises of Love are still true.

That all is not given up to despair, though cruelty has its fans.

That the Goodness can never be sold to the highest bidder.

That even if the ways we have known become impassable, the Way still exists for us.

That still, our choices matter.

That still, the ways we feed birds in the winter, or serve dinner to someone hungry, or work for what we believe in, matter.