The Strength in Stillness

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we live in a world that prizes
action and the continually

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impinges upon us with various
information feeds and input from

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all directions, quiet and
Stillness, the ability to remain

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calm without agitation or upset,
the ability to achieve true

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peace in the mind in the vital
and nervous being and in the

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physical body are generally not
recognized as a true sign of

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strength.
If we try to sit quietly for

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meditation, we find all kinds of
thoughts churning through our

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minds If we try to keep the body
poised and Stillness, we

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experience endless nervous
Twitches discomforts or urges to

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move signaling a vital and
physical system that does not

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have the strength to Simply Be
rather than do some of this

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results from a trained attitude
of impatience and drive for

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Action.
Some from a mind that is not

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trained in concentration.
Some from nervous, weakness.

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Some from physical issues.
whatever the causes may be, as

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we work toward achieving
Stillness at each level of our

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being, we can observe and
systematically work to resolve

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whenever these issues Maybe The
mother notes quote, I have seen

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people many people who could not
sit still for half an hour

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without fidgeting, they had to
move a foot or a leg or an arm

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or their head.
They had to stir restlessly all

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the time.
For they did not have the power

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or the strength to remain quiet.
This capacity to remain still

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when one wants to to gather all
one's energies and spend them as

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one, wishes completely if one
wants or to a portion them as

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one wants an action with a
perfect calm.

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Even in action, that is always
the sign of strength.

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It may be physical strength, or
vital, strength, or mental

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strength.
But if you are in the least

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agitated, you may be sure there
is a weakness somewhere.

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And if your restlessness is
integral, it is an integral

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weakness.
So if I tell someone be calm, I

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may be telling him all kinds of
things, it depends upon each

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person.
But obviously, most often it is

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make your mind quiet.
Don't be restless all the time

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in your head.
Don't stir up, lots of ideas,

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calm yourself.
In quote, reference SRI,

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aurobindo in the mother growing
within the psychology of inner

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development, chapter for growth
of Consciousness, first steps,

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and Foundation Pages, 77 to 78.