[repost dari Ning]

Masih dalam upaya menjawab pertanyaan Who Am I atau Siapa saya? Salah satu pertanyaan terbesar yang perlu dijawab oleh setiap manusia. Setidaknya setiap individu yang ingin memahami dirinya sendiri. Memahami diri juga dalam pengertian manusia bisa menemukan makna dari hidupnya, dari eksistensinya. 

Filem ini salah satu filem yang bagi saya paling penting, dan perlu banyak ditonton oleh warga Smipa - selaras dengan konsep Menemukan Bintangku Sendiri. Menemukan, mengenal diri sendiri. 

You my friend are not your thoughts...
You are the thinker of the thoughts...
The thoughts come from you...
So where are you?
You are in the stillness, the silence between your thoughts...
That stillness, that stillness is you...

Paragraf kedua dari narasi yang dibacakan oleh Deepak Chopra menjelaskan semuanya. Menggaris-bawahi kenapa waktu hening jadi sangat penting buat kita manusia. Karena di dalam keheningan, di dalam diam itulah kamu akan berjumpa dengan dirimu sendiri. Saat kamu menghabiskan banyak waktu dengan dirimu sendiri dalam diam dan hening, di situlah kamu akan terkoneksi dengan diri sejatimu, your own true self. 

Esai ini jadi ruang  dan kesempatan saya berbagi temuan-temuan kepingan pemahaman yang terserak di sana-sini. Banyak sekali di antaranya, saya temukan di ruang digital - di mana ada orang-orang yang berbagi kebaikan melalui karya luar biasa yang mereka simpan di sini. Saya selalu berusaha menutup hari saya lewat waktu hening saya sebelum tidur mendengarkan, melihat filem-filem seperti di bawah ini, setelah saya menyelesaikan tulisan saya di ruang ini. Semoga bermanfaat. Salam bahagia, Selamat malam... 

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The Stillness is You

Relax your body...
Observe your breath as it goes in and out...
Now move your awareness into the area of your heart...
Allow your ego to move out of the way...
And you will get in touch with your spirit...

Be grateful...

You my friend are not your thoughts...
You are the thinker of the thoughts...
The thoughts come from you...
So where are you?
You are in the stillness, the silence between your thoughts...
That stillness, that stillness is you...

And that you is the window to the infinite mind...
The mistery we call God is whispering to you in the silent space between your thoughts...
It is for this reason that the great wisdom traditions say, be still and know that I’m God...

Between every inbreath and every outbreath, is the stillness...
Between every thought that arises and every thought that subsides is the stillness...

Watch the stillness between your breath, between your thought.
Just observe, and then watch the one who is watching and as you listen to me now,
turn your attention to the one who’s listening

You have found the secret to that part of you that transcend space and time.
You have found the secret to that part of you that is immortal.
That part of you that fire cannot burn, water cannot wet,
wind cannot dry, weapons cannot shatter.

That part of you which is beyond fear,
that part of you that is without beginning without ending,
that part of you which is the divine in you.
You have found the secret to that part of you
that will continue to evolve as the universe evolves.

Now relax into your body and remember,
anytime the stress and the worries overwhelm you,
comeback into the sacred space of your heart.
You are the stillness, you are the silence between your thoughts.
Return to your stillness, that stillness, that silence is you…

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