We tend to overlook the capacity we have to allow the mind to settle down and rest, to become deeply silent and peaceful.  This stillness is a great power that we can develop in our meditation practice–through persistent discipline and deep kindness for ourselves.  Through stillness, we learn to see, and listen more fully to, the wisdom of our own hearts and the world around us.  We can support this quality of calm,  of tranquility, by fostering, through attention to the calmness of breath in the body, inner ease and restfulness.

The value of this stillness is that it teaches us how it is to come to rest.  Through the culmination of a steady practice, it is possible to be still in the midst of the mind storms. The most direct way of coming to rest mentally is by learning to let go of the domination of our likes and dislikes and come to live in the reality, the truth of each moment, just as it is.  This means we can stop living in the desires, plans, and regrets of the mind and live in peace, even in the midst of activity.  This is the power of our constant and consistent practice.