It is the bias of the culture that Serenity or Stillness is regarded as laziness or to put it the other way "not being in action" is regarded as negative. I personally don't really think so. I treat it as a action and in fact the most powerful one. Because it is only stillness that can conquer the heat! I see a lot of people in my office through the day who are really frazzled, swamped with work, meetings, emails, interruptions or are hassled by phone calls, kids, errands and chores.
PAUSE!!!
Stay still for a minute, close your eyes and breathe and find the stillness within yourself. This stillness spreads to your body and to your mind and it calms you down, centers you, focuses you on what you are doing right now, not on all that you have to do or all that has to happened. Stillness then becomes a transformative action for you. It is a very powerful tool to all the noise that is around you. It is a way to push back hard on all the buzz that is created around you, a way to remind you what is important for the moment.
I also do agree to the fact that it does not come naturally to all people but with practice, one can learn to master the art. Start your day with stillness, it sets the tone for the things to come. Through the day, take breaks of stillness. I have seen many people who have neck problems because of spending hours on the PC set a alarm to remind them of exercise. Along similar lines, set alarm to take stillness breaks. When chaos roars, pause. In the middle of a crisis or a noisy day, stop. Be still. Take a deep breath, and focus on that breath coming in, and going out. Find your inner stillness and then let your next action come from that stillness. Focus on that next action only.
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