Shiva is an ultimate symbol of exuberant action and motionless stillness. To bring this life to a certain state of stillness, one must completely dissociate oneself with the activity of the mind.
Physiological activity is not a problem – we can still that very easily – it is the psychological structure that is active. You need to understand this, the advantage that the body has over the mind is that even if you keep the body still, it exists. But if the mind becomes still, it does not exist.
So, the mind will not let you become still, it will do many things unless you are entirely dissociated with the nature of your mind. With surrender or obedience, you can dissociate yourself with the mind. As you dissociate from the mind, you will see that stillness is a natural part of your existence because the existence is largely still. Only the physical is active, space is still, absolutely still. Stillness is the highest level of intensity. If you experience a bit of stillness within, suddenly your body, mind – everything – is exuberantly intense.
If one has to become still, the individual mind has to become less and less important. This is coming from a knowing that the existence itself is a living mind. When such a huge mind is at work, better keep your petty mind aside. Samyama is a state where you are fully aware that you are not the body, the mind or the world. If you are free from these three things, there can be no suffering. That is the aim of Samyama, to move from the chaos to the utter stillness within.
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Salt Doll
In search of truth
did I go back and forth
Wandered through Mountains
bathed in rivers sacred, with the pious
Whichever way the blind pointed
with hope and zest me travelled
Every which way I smelled the scent
but round and round is all I went
Wasted lives to know the one who is not
but the feverish pitch of seeking would cease not
What does it take to fathom the ocean
even fish or whale is clueless of the ocean
It is only the salt that can be ocean
a Salt Doll I became, just a plunge made me the ocean.