Zipped lips

It is considered to be an admirable trait and it makes you trustworthy in others’ eyes, it may even gain you wealth or power if used in judicious or unscrupulous ways. If we are willing to be devious and underhanded we can use this trait for only our own selfish and damaging uses. The ability to be able to keep one’s mouth shut is a rare and valuable thing. It is very difficult to keep one’s mouth shut while being criticized or badly instructed while constructing a whole rebuttal in your head. It is increasingly difficult to be observing a devolving event or escalation of troubled relationships and allow those involved to solve their own problems. It is probably the most difficult when one has overheard a conversation by chance or on purpose and to know that the conversation was meant to be private. allow that to happen, and never speak of it. Though this is all true it is probably the most, and unconsciously, difficult to know when to tell someone what you know or have heard. It is appropriate to tell what others do not want known if the damage possible to others is substantial or if withholding information is causing another agony. This is where common-sense comes in – do you consider yourself capable of making such distinctions?

Still

If one doesn’t want to be seen, even if you are not camouflaged by your surroundings, or if one is conserving energy, one of the best ways to do either is to remain very, very still. You can hide in plain sight if you remain perfectly still, not moving even your eyes; you regain lost energy, both physically and mentally, within stillness, leaving motion and speech behind. One may want to hide to keep danger at bay or when playing a game, or one may want to create some needed space from others. Being still is a good way to learn self-discipline, which is needed if you are wishing to conceal yourself for any reason, to get to know yourself better, or get to know the world better. Holding still is much more difficult than it looks or sounds. We feel a slight itch, or a foot would be much more comfortable if moved just the slightest bit, or we forgot to tell someone something; yet to be truly still one must resist all the urges that strike if we’ve truly resolved to practice stillness. Being still is another form of meditation as well, for the only way you can maintain perfect stillness is to take your mind out of your body and focus it so that your physical body has no physical reality while you gain or regain energy from your stillness. What does your mind focus on during your still times?