Finding a still space in the eye of the storm

We need a solution to deal with the incessant mental chatter from our minds and the noise around us. If left alone, our thoughts of fear, pain and anxiety threaten to drown us.

Alcohol, nicotine, social media, work, money, shopping, religion and whatever else promise to still our mind and numb our feelings. But they can never make the noise stop. Instead we end up with new addictions that chain and imprison us to our minds.

The solution is to disengage

Meditation, mindfulness, contemplation or prayer allows us to disengage and connect with the life giving spirit force inside each one of us and exists all around us.

When you are stuck it gives you the breathing space from where you can take refuge and live each moment to its fullest.

Meditation changes the way you look at your self and the world around you. It offers you an alternative point of view by taking ‘you’ out of the picture. It allows you to look at things as they are and not as you are.

When the going gets tough, meditation is a practice you can use to create a still space in the eye of the storm.

I stated looking at this practice seriously when I moved to Australia in 2014 and found myself well and truly lost, cut off from friends and family and all that I had held close as my security.

It started as a way to distract myself while job hunting and failing so many times that I stopped counting.

There are many traditions, paths and teachers. Don’t get too hung up on that but choose a practice that connects with you and get started.

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