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Sunday, 20 October 2024

Why Spiritual Teachers Always Point Us Towards Stillness for Awakening

 Why do countless Spiritual Teachers, Sages, Saints, and Enlightened Beings emphasize the stillness of the mind as the key to self-realization and awakening?

Imagine the mind as a vast ocean, constantly moving with waves of thoughts, emotions, and desires. Throughout the ages, Spiritual Teachers, Sages, Saints, and Enlightened Beings have observed that within this sea of mental activity lies a deeper truth that cannot be grasped through movement or activity. It is within stillness that the surface settles, revealing the clear reflection of what has always been there: our true nature.

These revered figures didn’t point to stillness simply as an antidote to chaos but as the very doorway to awakening. In the absence of mental chatter and the endless stream of desires, we begin to experience life not as fragmented moments but as a unified whole, where the sense of “I” expands beyond personal identity....<<<Read More>>>...