Nature's movement

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If continual movement, like the flow of water on a river or the gentle breeze through the oak tree presents life giving forces, would we perish if nature's movement ceased its offer? Without gentle movement like the cleansing force of a summer rain, scorching heat would be unbearable. Therefore if nature's movement ceases reflecting continual movement - we suffer.  

The mind when fluid is perceived of many qualities – most sought is the calm mind, quiet mind or perhaps the open mind. How can mind be supported to exist in a comforted state? Difficult states of mind - like the distressed mind can feel oppressive and may reflect an internal climate or an emotional state influencing the play of mind.  Can the practice of mindfulness bring forth relief through natural movement? Continual distress can build to an oppressive state, gripping like a fixative that holds unbearably. What life giving powers or gateways can nature provide in assistance or remedy?

The natural world resourcefully delivers to us a gravitational pull that summons a continual return to what is. Mindfulness in application requires an openness that plays for awareness and acceptance not for gain. The open breath for example is a common gateway for relief of stress as it offers flow and movement. Mindfulness like the old oak tree reminds us of existence and offers renewal through being.

How does mindfulness address or care for the healthy mind  and common field of mind? And how can this affect our physical wellbeing? When the offer or giving of presence is caring and respectful of space and time, meaning is of now, the field of mind in awareness becomes by choice receptive. When in reception the whole or the bodymind has an experience of receptivity. Receptivity as a state interconnects with the field of earth where in fact we sense the subtle. Movement in perception affects the all in the field – and therefore all states may exist. Is a state of oppression a deceptive of mind, an experience of holding?

Perhaps, the mind isn’t its own agent. Perhaps, the earth field is the influencing agent that potentially deliver us to the whole.  How do we learn balance in the field and include choice in our states of mind?

Copyright Denise Richard