Running has become a habit. Not only during the day but also in the night, in our sleep and dreams. That is why it is good to practise 'stop running', to sit down, doing nothing, just feeling you are home and you want to rest. You might like to enjoy the music of your breathing in and out. Your heart is playing music, and your lungs, too. Tune into that music. And whenever feelings or emotions arise, you allow that music and embrace it. Enjoy it.
The practice of stopping is very crucial in the Buddhist tradition. Even when we are not doing anything, our body has not stopped. There is tension inside, a kind of energy that pushes the body. It wants to do something, to be active, to run. That is why stopping is not just stopping the mind but stopping the body, because the body has the habit of running, of being in movement and there is a feeling of restlessness. By helping the body to stop, we can help the mind to stop, too.
You can't meditate with your mind alone. You need your body as well. The Buddhist term for stopping is samatha. Without stopping, you cannot do much. With practice, you can stop when you sit, you can stop when you walk and even when you run; you can do a jogging meditation. You know that you have stopped even while you are running, because you are not running after something. You are not searching for anything at all. You are completely at ease in the present moment. That is the meaning of samatha. It sounds easy but it needs some training.
The practice of stopping is very crucial in the Buddhist tradition. Even when we are not doing anything, our body has not stopped. There is tension inside, a kind of energy that pushes the body. It wants to do something, to be active, to run. That is why stopping is not just stopping the mind but stopping the body, because the body has the habit of running, of being in movement and there is a feeling of restlessness. By helping the body to stop, we can help the mind to stop, too.
You can't meditate with your mind alone. You need your body as well. The Buddhist term for stopping is samatha. Without stopping, you cannot do much. With practice, you can stop when you sit, you can stop when you walk and even when you run; you can do a jogging meditation. You know that you have stopped even while you are running, because you are not running after something. You are not searching for anything at all. You are completely at ease in the present moment. That is the meaning of samatha. It sounds easy but it needs some training.
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