Not I, Not other than I: The Life And Teachings Of Russel Williams

by Russel Williams

I feel attached to things like the wind and the trees and the water and the sky, and the physical senses. Does all that have to go as well? I enjoy it. I would question whether you are attached to these things. When you look at them you are at peace within yourself. So it’s the peace that you’re looking for. And you can’t cling to peace. You pay attention to these phenomena – the wind or the trees – and find them restful. And you can’t have rest at the same as clinging to something. You have to relax, and become as one with them, so there is no attachment whatsoever. That is the natural state of consciousness, to be at one with everything in its consciousness. It’s so perfectly natural that you don’t have to do it. As you go further along with this, you find it can be done by just letting go of things which annoy you, and looking for things which don’t. The quiet stillness that arises in these situations is the most important factor in your life. And if you learn to live within the body rather than in the head – if you deal with everything which arises and act from the heart rather than the head – then you’ll find that the stillness remains with you in other situations. It is a whole body experience, not a mental experience. I also need to let go of aversions. Don’t worry too much about the things you are averse to – try to accept them. Leave them be and they won’t do any harm.