Silence/Stillness

Reading from Wednesday, June 25, 2014 yoga class

From the book "Haiku Mind" by Patricia Donegan

saying nothing:
the guest, the host
the white chrysanthemum
                           Ryota Oshima

High-tech cultures are moving at a speed unnatural to human beings, creating a wound of disconnection and discontentment deep within us.  We are becoming creatures who can barely stand the sound of silence, of nothing happening.  If we could but stop for a moment, if we could turn off the TV, computer, iPhone, or whatever gadget we are using, feel our breath moving through our lungs, smell the air, and see around us, we might be amazed by what we find.  If we only do this five or ten minutes a day it could transform us.