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Touch
the Stillness Inside You and
...Touch the Face of God
by Meredith Young-Sowers, D.Div.
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What
an amazing thought
that
we can touch the face of God. What does it feel like to
touch the face of God? Take your hand and gently caress
your cheek with your fingers as your palm faces down.
This exquisitely tender expression of love is the way
you can feel your union with The One Source since you
are an aspect of this Source. As you touch your own
face, you are touching the face of God.
This caress is what
happens symbolically as we experience the tiny space
between each in-breath and out-breath. Try it right now.
Breathe in, and now breathe out. Your still point is
this inner center that is symbolically represented by
your in-breath as it softens and becomes the new current
of your out-breath. You might think of your in-breath as
the drawing to you of the continually blossoming
creativity of God as Power.
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Dr. Meredith
Young-Sowers
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This power
is always available to you as the creative energy necessary for
healing and vibrant life. Your out-breath is the expression of
this power as Presence. Presence is the way you express
your power that demonstrates respect for all life, honoring of
your own life and its gifts as well as others’, compassion for
affliction, and the seeming limitations and surrender to a truer
inner knowing that is The Great Mystery of God.
Each time
you acknowledge this point of stillness in your breathing, you
transform a normal physical function into an extraordinary
moment of transformation. You actually come into contact with
your soul because if you didn’t breathe out, you would quickly
stay in the spiritual state. In a very real way you are taking
the most important action that moves you into a better place in
your life. This isn’t an outward action but an action of
surrender to the aspect of yourself which is the “You” that
has all the power and can live in presence.
This
acknowledgement of your still point throughout the day heightens your energy, enhances
resistance to disease, increases happiness, and helps you feel
caressed and welcomed home by the One Source that resides within
you and every other form of life.
Once we
begin to pay attention to this point of stillness in our
breathing, we are able to replicate this wonderful feeling of
stillness throughout our daily activities and even in the most
stressful situations. Stillness comes from a lack of emotional,
mental or physical action thus producing a heightened feeling of
lasting peace and joy from our authentic self—our soul
self—which is then exposed to our genuine awareness. This
pause to acknowledge our truest experience of ourselves is the
key of true power and presence. We then find stillness in other
ways that support our life journey.
But like any
other new experience, the practice of it makes it a useful tool
that comes to us as we need it. Here are 11
important ways that the experience of being
still helps you deepen your connection to The Source and also to
stay steady, present, peaceful and on course in your life.
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Why
is being “still” essential for our happiness?
1.
Being “still”
means we have the ability to turn down
the volume of our incessant thinking, feeling,
projecting and desiring to feel love.
2.
When we manage to become
“still” in body, mind, and emotions
our spirit becomes active. As our spirit gains energy
through our awareness of its dynamic presence, we find
ourselves more convinced of the power and “grace”
within us.
3.
When we are
“still” our spirit is free to
advance into new understandings, ideas, and
appreciations that show us how our lives become
demonstrations of the power of all Creation.
4.
As we are
“still” we demonstrate that we trust
God as the ultimate power of Love and compassion in our
lives.
5.
The greater our
internal stillness, the greater our
capacity to hold “light” and be a true instrument of
God’s love.
6.
As we are
“still” in times of crisis, we
“know” inside how to proceed, which may be how to
suspend what we think is a tragedy to stay “steady,
steady, steady” until the purpose and improved outcome
of the change is revealed.
7.
As we learn to
become “still” we apply an essential
salve to our world, allowing greater awareness to come
to all life, everywhere. Our life must be our message.
The world at large will follow in the direction that we
move. As we move into “stillness” we find the
awareness that has taught saints and sages throughout
history. It is time for us to know of God as Divine
Mother and Father present within us.
8.
Being “still”
means we become the beneficiary of the
goodness intending to come to us as we seek clarity
for our efforts, wisdom for our relationships and
abundance for selves and others.
9.
Being “still”
means that we become aware of the way in
which The Source is answering our prayers by moving
us toward opportunities, in and out of relationships,
living circumstances and work opportunities toward that
which will fill our greatest yearnings versus that which
will only tantalize us with small joys.
10. Being
"still" offers the greatest
contribution we can make to the healing of our global
crises because we become a more vital and available
carrier of the positive power of divine love—Natural
Creative Power.
11. Being
"still" requires practice,
discipline, self-love, awareness and a desire to be an
instrument of Divine Awareness in today’s troubled
world.
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Being
still physically, mentally, and emotionally
for even a few moments produces extraordinary results. We find
relief from the continual barrage of mental and emotional
worries and shames as we pause for a moment, allow our breathing
to touch our heart with love for ourselves, for The Creator, and
for all living beings.
Being still
requires the discipline to be patient with ourselves in
discovering this new inner place where there is little or no
conversation, and our feelings grow into loving intention rather
than reactive retaliations.
When you
manage to still your thoughts even a little, you recognize that
the world of happenings, motives and conclusions revolves around
you. They are not actually moving with you. The thoughts and
feelings that make you sad and afraid are not permanently
attached to you, yet you mistake them for your true nature. Like
standing on solid ground at the center of a merry-go-round, you
can realize that life moves around and around you but you are
the Eternal Observer when you align with your deep heart—your
still point. Your still point is within where you find it
through awareness of your breath. It is also the learned
behavior that you then apply to your life as you sense the
peacefulness and power that is available to you.
Your still
point offers you a direct experience of The One.
About
Meredith Young-Sowers
 An internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher,
intuitive healer, counselor and author, Meredith has published
six books, two of which have become best-selling classics.
Meredith lectures, leads workshops and offers teleclasses all
over the world, bringing her special gracious blend of warmth,
wisdom, intimacy, insight and encouragement to her students. In
her teachings and writings, she draws on the spiritual lessons
found in the ordinary experiences of daily life and shares her
ability to see the miraculous in the mundane. Students and
participants in her classes, workshops and retreats say she
empowers them to overcome the difficult challenges in their
lives.
Founder
and director of the Stillpoint Institute and School of Advanced
Energy Healing, and co-founder of Stillpoint Publishing with
Caroline Myss, Meredith is considered a pioneer in the
development of energy diagnosis methods. Her work, a new path to
healing that brings greater love, joy, and comfort to people’s
lives, is considered a significant breakthrough in the field of
energy medicine.
Over
the past twenty years, Meredith has counseled and done deep
intuitive work based on her knowledge of physical and emotional
healing and her inspired understanding of spiritual healing. The
brilliant methods and techniques she has developed to teach
spiritual healing have placed her at the forefront of the
mind-body-spirit revolution.
An
alumna and recipient of a distinguished graduate award from
Centenary College for Women, Meredith holds both a Masters and a
Doctor of Divinity degree from the Universal Brotherhood
University.
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