Wondered if this would happen…

By Emily Mumford on July 7, 2014 in Emily's Personal Blog
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I have re-entered the world of work – I love my work – but there is definitely less time and more thinking!

When “on holiday” I discovered something that Michael Neill often refers to as “a deeper feeling” and it is this that I want to hang onto. What I found was that I can’t think my way to happiness – or even ease – what works is slowing down the mind and focusing on just feeling the present moment – but doing it with a presumption that, when I stop and go inside, what’s in there is better than all the doing, all the thinking, all the pursuing – even all the learning..

I feel a bit self conscious writing this – this message is EVERYWHERE in any literature about meditation, consciousness, what is important in life, enlightenment … but as my kids would say, things become clichés because they are true … and last week I found this cliché to be true …

And as always, and I don’t think this is just me, I have to experience it to believe it, to KNOW it – reading about it is better than nothing – but only just…

So for me the penny has really dropped – and I don’t want to lose it – hence opening myself up to people reading this and groaning and thinking I’m just regurgitating stuff we all know, we’ve all read…

I DIDN’T KNOW IT – I thought I could think myself to happiness and peace – despite being told I couldn’t!

I love one of Michael Neill‘s analogies – you can’t make a pool still, peaceful and reflective by diving into it and searching around for something – you just let it be… I learnt the truth of this last week – walking in beautiful places – now I just need to be present to this truth – to notice it – to see it …

… and then my best times will be so real, so true that no words will hold it – because this is something that can’t be held … just lived 🙂

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