Search
Loading
Find peace by letting go and getting nowhere.
00:00 / 00:00
Getting Nowhere
Thomas McConkie
Watching Now
Getting Nowhere
Getting Nowhere
Thomas McConkie • 03:55

Stillness is a powerful state of being that allows one to disconnect from the constant rush and bustle of daily life. Individuals can attain a greater sense of serenity, clarity, and inner peace by making time for stillness. It allows you to reconnect with yourself on a deeper level by taking a break from the never-ending stream of ideas and distractions.

Meditation is a discipline that facilitates the experience of stillness. It encourages people to return to the present moment by focusing on their breath. Through consistent practice, meditation cultivates mindfulness and develops our ability to notice our thoughts and emotions without judgment. It can result in a deeper understanding of oneself, more self-awareness, and a stronger sense of connection to the world around us.

This practice emphasizes the importance of stillness and meditation as methods for gaining inner peace and personal growth. It urges people to embrace silence and meditate in order to find serenity and clarity in the midst of life's chaos. Individuals who devote time to silence and meditation might enjoy tremendous improvements in their general well-being and increase their connection to themselves and the environment.


View Transcript
[Thomas McConkie, Mindfulness Teacher] Fr. William Johnson and the depth of his faith and the integrity with which he held his Christianity, he was struck by the simplicity, the stillness. Something he encountered in Japan, it laid him open. So much so that he became a bidirectional missionary, as committed to learning about this tradition as he was to sharing his own. And so to really get a taste of this, you can drop in for a moment. Just sitting still, wherever you are, whatever you're doing, just sitting still. Just sitting. You're not trying to get somewhere. In fact, the radical gesture is that for once, in this moment, we're not trying to get somewhere. We're getting nowhere. We're giving up any notion that we need to get somewhere in this moment. A human being sitting in stillness is a sacramental posture, a gesture that I am complete. I'm complete, I'm fulfilled. Somehow, it doesn't make sense in the mind, but in my heart, everything I've ever wanted, everything I've ever longed for is somehow right here. Everything's welcome, aches and pains in the body, thoughts in the mind, the commotion of the world. We're not trying to shut anything out here in meditation, on the contrary, we're just opening ourselves, letting absolutely everything in. Thank you.

Watching Now
Getting Nowhere
Getting Nowhere
Thomas McConkie • 03:55

Stillness is a powerful state of being that allows one to disconnect from the constant rush and bustle of daily life. Individuals can attain a greater sense of serenity, clarity, and inner peace by making time for stillness. It allows you to reconnect with yourself on a deeper level by taking a break from the never-ending stream of ideas and distractions.

Meditation is a discipline that facilitates the experience of stillness. It encourages people to return to the present moment by focusing on their breath. Through consistent practice, meditation cultivates mindfulness and develops our ability to notice our thoughts and emotions without judgment. It can result in a deeper understanding of oneself, more self-awareness, and a stronger sense of connection to the world around us.

This practice emphasizes the importance of stillness and meditation as methods for gaining inner peace and personal growth. It urges people to embrace silence and meditate in order to find serenity and clarity in the midst of life's chaos. Individuals who devote time to silence and meditation might enjoy tremendous improvements in their general well-being and increase their connection to themselves and the environment.


View Transcript
[Thomas McConkie, Mindfulness Teacher] Fr. William Johnson and the depth of his faith and the integrity with which he held his Christianity, he was struck by the simplicity, the stillness. Something he encountered in Japan, it laid him open. So much so that he became a bidirectional missionary, as committed to learning about this tradition as he was to sharing his own. And so to really get a taste of this, you can drop in for a moment. Just sitting still, wherever you are, whatever you're doing, just sitting still. Just sitting. You're not trying to get somewhere. In fact, the radical gesture is that for once, in this moment, we're not trying to get somewhere. We're getting nowhere. We're giving up any notion that we need to get somewhere in this moment. A human being sitting in stillness is a sacramental posture, a gesture that I am complete. I'm complete, I'm fulfilled. Somehow, it doesn't make sense in the mind, but in my heart, everything I've ever wanted, everything I've ever longed for is somehow right here. Everything's welcome, aches and pains in the body, thoughts in the mind, the commotion of the world. We're not trying to shut anything out here in meditation, on the contrary, we're just opening ourselves, letting absolutely everything in. Thank you.


Thomas McConkie
More from
Thomas McConkie