Mind wants to run, heart stays

Mind wants to run, heart stays in peace and full acceptance of created situation.

Beautiful example is a Buddhist story about a monk sitting on his mountain for a very long period of time. He has no contact with other human beings and food is left for him on a certain place for him to collect when hungry.

One day he decides to go back down the mountain into the village. He has become so peaceful, or silent, through his spiritual practice high up that mountain away from all influences. Entering the village he sees that there is a market and he decides to have a look. Within 5 minutes he finds himself screaming to someone who walked into him hurting his feed. All peace he felt on top of the mountain was lost, all silence had evaporated within a split second. No mastering of self had taken place, no realization of self had taken place.

We have to practice, expose our self to all sorts of stimulus to test, to practice, to observe, to do active meditation.

We have to retract into solitude as well, to absorb, to ponder, contemplate, meditate and travel within to our inner silence.

When we can reach our inner silence while on the market place we have come a long way.