Absorbing

If you think about it, it is not possible to move forwards confidently, assuredly and relaxedly unless you are able to absorb what it is you are moving into. By absorb I mean bring into and through yourself and into the earth. A sink. Such a process of absorption requires a quiet attentiveness easily disturbed by a noisy mind. A noisy mind is one constantly bringing your past and future into a present that is far happier with neither. If the mind is noisy – thinking – then listening is compromised, and so is connexion. If you are properly absorbing then turning is only ever an afterthought. You do not turn – you are turned. The forward movement or impetus is then directly proportional to what you absorb.

This is especially relevant if you wish to deal with the world as it is rather than as you'd like to make it.