February Stillness ...

Whilst the garden here at Wild Fortune beckons for attention, with the soil being too hard and the temperature somewhat off-putting, it has been left just to be as it is over the winter. This morning after the bitter wind of the weekend, looking out over the garden, all was once again very still and for me, stilling ...

I have been pondering about stillness and its place not only in prayer and meditation, but in the whole of life really. For me it's enjoyable and something to be entered into in all sorts of ways - joyfully or wearily. Stillness connects me with my body, my inner being and my surroundings. Stillness and my being still enables a deeper opening up within and between and connects me with the other. 

I am also struck by how, from its depths, stillness might inform movement ...

So through February, and the gatherings for Still Waters, Quiet Garden and Silence & Beholding, there will be an invitation to explore and reflect on the dynamic between our practice of stillness and our practice of movement ... 

Still Waters: a time to enter silence, still the mind and encounter the present moment in quiet. Saturday 7th February, Wild Fortune Prayer Loft. 8.30 - 9.30a.m. with arrivals from 8. For further details and to let us know that you intend to come, please contact us via email. 

The Wild Fortune Quiet Garden: Jesus said, Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest. Wednesday 11th February 10am -12.30pm. The morning is currently fully booked.

A Service of Silence & Beholding: an unhurried time in which to dwell at the heart of the Eucharist. Sunday 22nd February 8am, St. Mary's Church, Sullington, West Sussex. All are welcome.  

'Stillness is the tree of life in the midst of the garden. Its fruit is peace.'

Priest-monk Silouan

Peace be with you.