Today, I went for a walk before the sitting. When I came back in, everybody was scurrying to the Dhamma hall and there was a lot of movement in the foyer.
I walked in mindfully by being inside myself. Although my attention was inside, I could be aware of everything that was happening.
It felt like when I was working in the market – people would be busy carrying their goods around, and I would be walking between them mindfully. There was awareness and wisdom and the mind was still. It was busy outside but it didn’t feel busy or hurried to me.
If we know the stillness of the mind and we are aware of ourselves, we can maintain the awareness and the stillness of the mind because we’re more with ourselves.
It is not that we don’t know what is outside – we know what is outside and what is inside.
Although I know what is going on outside, my attention is more inside myself.