POWER OF PRACTICE

 PRACTICE

Few days ago, I was visualizing the process of a bird’s egg hatch and it beginning to fly.

I was awe struck by what I discovered. The first thing that I observed was that in the deep stillness within the egg, the life force breaks through the shell and the bird came into existence. There was whatsoever no effort or struggle. There was total calmness.

The second thing I observed was that the bird doesn’t learn to fly. It practices flying. The knowledge of flying already exist within itself. It is practicing what already exists.
 

The insight that liberated me was that the more we try to learn something or train to do something, the more resistance we bring to the learning process. However if we only practiced whatever we desired to excel in, there would be no resistance and insights to excel would come to us with ease.

Attempt this: I am learning to ride the bicycle vs I am practicing cycling. Observe the level of freedom you experience when you state each statement. Or attempt this one, I am training to become an actor vs I am practicing acting. Once again observe the level of freedom you experience when you state each statement.