Distinction Between Meditation and Life

The content of experience need not be changed or controlled. Just take a step back into the silent presence of being. Being need not be stilled by effort or practice, or fulfilled by objects or relationships. It is already at peace and everything it could ever be. The spiritual path, in whatever tradition, consists of two simple steps: to disengage with the content of experience and recognise the inherently silent presence of being; to turn back towards experience again, but to infuse every aspect of our life with the inherent peace of being. The first step, turning away from content, is what’s traditionally referred to as meditation or prayer. The second step, infusing activities and relationships with the inherent peace of our being, is just our ordinary everyday life. In time, distinction between meditation and everyday life diminishes. We remain in being, as being, both in the absence and presence of experience.

From event 12 April, 2012 Live Webinar (167)

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