Stillness in Waterfalls

I wonder, what is at the bottom of stillness? How deep is its silent waters? What does one find down there? I sit in stillness, listening to the water crashing against rocks.

Buderim waterfalls is a special sanctuary to me, a place to visit for connection to nature. Nature is a great ally and teacher, for it knows chaos, stillness, energy, cycles, life and death.

As I sit in stillness, looking forward without seeing, I give my energy to this place. Golden energy ripples out from my core through my limbs and pulses through the ground, rocks, soil and water. I’ve built a firm, trusting connection to this place over many years now. It never dulls my spirit, mind or body, only enhances it. So naturally, all I desire to do is give back to it.

After observing two kookaburra’s sitting nearly motionless in utter stillness, I realise I often see animals do this, reptiles, cats, crocodiles, birds, insects, and amphibians. They all are able to sit or stand motionless in a sort of trance/meditation/stillness for periods of time, it’s impressive and captivating to my eye.

We humans are a busy sort that rarely take the time these days to be still. Not only that, when we do, it’s often plagued with a myriad of thoughts darting in and out or technology involved. Today, I choose to sit in stillness, barely a thought in mind, looking out at the rocks, with no specific intent but resting in the blanket of deep, utter, stillness that has no bottom. I was spell bound, occasionally a little thought comes by to say hi, then leaves for the power of the stillness has got its grip on me.

There is nothing fancy to it, no thing to be sure or not sure of, it is what it is, nothing more or nothing less. It’s like a pond that is clear with no ripples, it simply reflects back its surroundings in a glassy washed mirage. I was like a pond, blended to my surroundings, reflecting back stillness to the world.