Summary: Gil Fronsdal: In our practice when there is a lot going on inside of us -- physical, emotional, mental -- it's helpful to have a reference point of stillness: not to stop the movement, but to allow everything to settle down and come to rest. Just seeing the mind clearly can allow it to settle. Part of how this works is when we start not identifying so strongly with the movement. Often, we’re reacting to it, or we identify with it and latch on to it. But if instead we focus on the stillness that is here, it helps us to dis-identify, to unlatch ourselves from this world of movement and activity. And when we unlatch ourselves, the mind has a chance to settle down and quiet. As you sit, you might look for some sense of stillness that you can find. It can be as simple as the body not moving. Or it could be a still place inside that feels like a grounded post, or a place where you are centered. And you start identifying with the stillness and start resting there, more than in the movement. This can also be done in walking meditation.
