Stopping.Calming,Resting,Healing

-These are some important lines/para's from Thich Nhat Hanh writing which I found very thought provoking and Inspiring

The story circles about a man and a horse..The horse is galloping quickly and it appears the man in the horse is going somewhere important.Another man standing along side the road asks loudly 'where are you going?'The man On the horse replies ...'ask the horse'

This is also our story we don't know where we are going,and we can't stop.
The horse is our habit energy pulling us along and we are powerless.We are always running and it is become a habit"

First learn the art of STOPPING ..Stopping our thinking,our habit energies,our forgetfulness's,the strong emotion that rules us.

We need to stop our horse and reclaim our liberty..We need to shine in Mindfulness

Mindfulness is the energy that allows us to recognize our habit energy and prevent it from dominating.

Second CALMING ..when we have a strong emotion we know it can be dangerous to act, we don't have a strength or clarity to refrain..Learn the art of breathing in and out ,stopping our activities and calming our emotions.Learn to become solid and stable.Calming can be summarized in 5 stages

Recognition-if we are angry, we say 'I know that anger is in me'

Acceptance-When we are angry we do not deny it.We accept what is present

Embracing -Our mindfulness embraces are emotion and this can alone calm our anger and ourselves

Looking deeply-when we are calm enough we can look deeply to understand what has brought this anger to be

Insight-With insight we know what to do and what not to do change the situation


Third-RESTING we have to learn the art of resting ,allowing our body and mind to rest.If we have wounds in our body or our mind ,we have to rest so they can heal themselves.

Stopping,Calming and Resting are preconditions for HEALING!

that reminds me of song ..."Heal The World Make It A Better Place For You And For Me And The Entire Human Race"

I'll try ..I may be walking slow [step by step].. But I'll never walk back!