The sun is rising over the tree line and through the clouds from our bedroom window. The world is very silent and still right now. Yet it will get louder as the day goes on.

News of wars and suffering around the world.

The culture wars will commence on social media.

New debit card and utility bills will come in.

The needs and problems of family and business will arise.

The daily commercials will once again claim I’m deficient unless I immediately purchase their product.

How does one move through the noise and chatter of the day while maintaining the interior silence and stillness of that beautiful morning sunrise?

How can we be fully present and embodied in the comings and goings of this world yet grounded in the silent place inside, where nothing ever happened?

How do we learn to rest in the timeless Truth that sets us eternally free? The peace that passeth all understanding. The acausal joy. The innocence consciousness. The simplicity of BEing.

Beyond all that temporarily appears and disappears, how do we discover the timeless, loving presence of God that is unconditionally and eternally free?

Amidst the deep stillness of the infinite morning sky, a hawk suddenly appears. He flies completely across the screen of my awareness until he

slowly fades back into the stillness of the infinite sky once again.

-Brian Piergrossi