Water and the return to what is vital

I chose the image you see here in the piece because it gave serenity. If you look hard, this woman's face is smiling. It is intent on doing something, it is present at an action. And it's not that everything around her is clean, tidy and luxurious, indeed.

Could we summarize the essence of joy in this way ? Smile and presence combined together?

Being in things living them with a light and deep soul simultaneously?

I retrieved it from the One Drop Foundation images available on the net. The foundation deals with the distribution of water for drinking water for the populations of Honduras.

And let's start with water as a vital element, trying to imagine at least some of the variables that could be necessary to remain zen and be Zen at this moment in which everything seems to sink.

Being zen means being faithful and adherent to a center around which everything revolves, a whole understood as an all-encompassing purity of intent and meanings. Not surprisingly, the Japanese word Zen derives from the Chinese ch'an and from the Sanskrit dhyana, which means not only " meditation " but also "all together".

Being Zen in times of crisis: advice for the evolved use of consciousness

The true center moves and moves us, but we cut it out to pursue what the mental shell thinks it wants and instead creates imbalances. Small tips on how to be more or less zen and seek relaxation and a way to stay in the world that win over the frenzy and goals that we don't even know anymore if we want to reach, but we blindly pursue them, without question faced with choices for fear of doing worse.

Is it possible to grow from within while everything around decreases ? More possible than ever, perhaps because of a necessary decrease. But let's see some possibilities up close:

• The contraction could be an opportunity to discover oneself again. Remember who you are, push the pedal on the talents;
• Do not lose listening to others, first of all friends and outsiders;
• Don't stop investing in inner evolution . Look for liberating dances, psychophysical techniques, movement therapies, transpersonal psychology tools, Gestalt meetings, dinners that are also cooking classes to learn to love each other at the table;
• In front of those who complain and just have a loving look but a decisive filter. You can do nothing for those who love to cry, if not a small gesture to show something they have stopped seeing;
• Positions, breaths, elements of meditation are more than fine, but on one condition: be gentle with yourself. If you feel like jumping and screaming, we don't see why you should stand still and contract further to seek a false spirituality. Voluntarily direct attention to what is useful to you ;
• Try to remain vigilant. Advertisements, reminders, distractions should be taken for what they are. Be conscious as you make daily gestures so that they become spontaneous and natural, to be able to get a taste of the next meditative state;
• Observe the thoughts that bother you . They are not an obstacle, but the "materials" that make up a precious key to evolve.