No matter how many clouds gather and no matter how dark they might get, the blue sky is always there, behind them, just waiting to be seen. You cannot stop the clouds from coming, nor move the ones already there, nor seek to hurry them along: they will clear in their own time. All you can do is watch them; without attachment to any particular cloud, without labelling them good or bad, until eventually they part and you see the blue sky behind them. However, if you fix your gaze upon the darkest cloud and follow it, you might come to think the whole sky is dark and so miss the blue where it is revealed.
It is the same with your thoughts: though they might be many and some might be darker than others, your inner peace is always there, behind them, just waiting to be seen. So long as you just watch them, without attachment, without labelling them, eventually they will pass and you will experience the stillness of inner peace. It is only with attachment to thought that you might think the mind contains nothing but incessant thoughts; and so you come to forget that inner peace is there, just beneath them.
Just watch your thoughts, without identifying with them: you’d never watch the clouds and think that you are one, so why would you think that you’re a thought? Watch your thoughts and look for the stillness behind them: it is in that stillness that you will find your inner peace.
Look for the blue.
Dave J Watson (via aspiritualwarrior)
