Nature can teach you much if you're not all caught up in what's going on between your ears. The other day I was watching a duck family sitting in my pool. They were all perfectly still, their heads tucked away. None of them were struggling with trying to be still, there was no teacher duck leading a guided meditation, no chants, or mantras being recited. No duck had on headphones listening to meditative music or positive affirmations, they were all just sitting there in the quietness of the moment. I actually went outside to observe this further to allow my present moment awareness to be a part of theirs. I was experiencing the peace of their stillness and it was a serenity beyond words; the peace that passes all understanding. This peace only happens when there's stillness to allow it, this is what the awareness of this blessed moment gave to me.
There was so much peace in this moment, nothing of the material world has ever blessed me like this, and I've had some beautiful things happen to me. I can see why this peace was being experienced, it's because of using the body more and more to be anchored in the present moment; this allows the mind to be much more settled. I've had ducks in my pool before, but it never had the affect on me as it did yesterday. Many things in life can be a teachers if the mind is open enough to allow it, but if there's constant noise in the space between your ears, nature or nothing else for that matter will be seen as it truly is, nor will the lessons that are being laid out before you…
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