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Every Blog-Article I write is a tightrope walk. Because I try to describe and find words for something which is kind of undescribable. Whatever you say - it's just not quite right. It's something you can only experience. And how do you know you really got it? Well - by describing it back. And by the way this happens you get the idea. But no garanties made :-)

It's a bit like that:

I see a hot-air balloon in the sky and want to show it to my little daughter. She has never seen one before so she doesn't know what I'm talking about. When I say "look - a hot-air balloon" she will look everywhere as she has no idea where to look. So I tell her to look at the sky. She will look at the sky. But she still doesn't see it. Maybe she is distracted by birds or clouds. I explain to her in more detail what a hot-air balloon is. Like a normal balloon just a lot bigger. Though it doesn't look so big as it is high up in the sky. I show her again what direction to look and what colour to look for. Probably she'll see it now. After that it might happen that she thinks she saw one and wants to show me. And when I look I see that she saw something else. Something similar to a hot-air balloon. So I will explain the difference. And the next time we see a hot-air balloon I might need to explain it again. Because she doesn't remember. But after enough times we saw one she knows what I'm talking about. And she'll find it instantly. And one day we might have the chance to see one still on ground and get an even closer look. Than I can explain more details to her. Like how the air gets warmed and all that kind of stuff. And from that point on she'll know even better what a hot-air balloon is.

When I talk about the stillness inside of us it's the same. I show you the direction. I explain what it feels like, what it means. But first you don't really know what I'm talking about. It's just a concept. An idea. And one day this idea becomes alive. You experience the stillness for yourself. And everything is different. You can now describe it with your own words. And next time it will be a lot easier to see it. And every time you experience it your understanding grows and it gets easier to see it.