Be Still & Know - The Lost Art of Stillness
Presenter:
Humble-U Media
Time:
1:10:57
Summary
In this video, we'll explore all sides of stillness. Not just the still side, but also all the motion it contains. And although it is grounded in both mind and body, this video highlights psychic stillness. Since ancient times, this practice has been with humanity. Unfortunately, with our restless distractions, we seem to have lost what it means to be still. Stillness is engrained in sports, music, art, religion, spirituality... it is everywhere you look. Yet, to truly Be Still is quite the task. So, in all the motion which follows..... Be Still.
Transcript
There's a certain friction, I actually call this limbic friction, where, let's say, you don't want to get out of bed in the morning. You just don't. Maybe you're tired, but maybe you're just not motivated, and you force yourself to get up, what you're doing is you're using top down control to say, Oh, the fatigue I feel. I'm going to override that fatigue. And much of what's online is, how do you override that fatigue, that lack of motivation?
And some people say, Well, you got to do it out of love, and then other people say, you do it out of anger. And it doesn't matter, these top down mechanisms are very subjective if you are going to do it, because you really care about the person that you're going to pick up at the airport, and you got to get airport, and you kind of get up early. Well, that's one mechanism if you're going to do it, because you're a person of your word, and you said you're going to be there, and you do it, you know the JUST DO IT mantra is top down control. Okay?