Dear Tommy:

Thank you for answering my question. So, let me see… the life force that is in every living thing, plants and animals included, cannot be seen but it can be experienced if we are still. Thinking distracts one from Stillness. Stillness is in the space between the thoughts.

Thoughts are our interpretations of reality, including the reality of what makes it all possible, this life force. We have to stop trying to interpret life force in order to experience it. I suppose this is how plants and animals who do not think experience life force, the birds chirping in the morning, the way Hunter the Beagle used to explore every inch of the yard for new smells, new adventures.

“In my practice, I have had moments where the mind has let go of thoughts and there is quiet…  the quiet between thoughts takes on a focus of its own” – I want to practice this.

“I try to get up…  I think I do not sit right. Maybe a pillow to boost the backside would help” – I have two pillows against my back right now and they do help, also helps when sitting and feeling some stress in the lower back, to place the body weight more to the right or to the left or backward and having the right or left leg stretch this way or that way.

anita