Still Power

But there’s a deeper place inside you that knows when to wait and when to move. It knows where its center is and because of that, it does not need to move simply because everything else is moving or because it is expected to or pushed into it.

Stillness can feel very uncomfortable when you have been taught to measure your power by your movement.

This sign came to Astaran when he made contact with a praying mantis in Serbia.

The praying mantis is the embodiment of stillness. It waits until the right moment is there. It watches intently and gathers information. It becomes completely present to what is happening around it.

And when the moment arrives, it acts without hesitation.
The stillness of the praying mantis already contains the movement.

Look at the geometry of this sign. Everything gathers around the centre. Energy contracts and expands at the same time. The lines radiate outward while the forms draw inward. Nothing is truly still. The movement is simply being held. This is the power of readiness.

How do you choose to be still or take action?
How do you know when it is the right time to strike?
You feel it in stillness.

This sign invites you to trust the stillness in you right now, even when it feels like nothing is happening, or everything is moving around you and you cannot find your stillness.

There is a great deal happening in stillness.
You can feel the energy shaping the strike, you can feel what gathers, what contracts and what is ready to expand. You can feel the right moment to act arise.

You can also feel impatience rising. You can feel fear asking you to move simply because waiting has become uncomfortable. You can hear the voice telling you what you should be doing by now.

Let it speak.
Let the feelings move through you.
They are passing visitors moving through your field. They arrive, they make themselves known, and then they leave. You do not have to become them.

Come back to your centre.
Notice what you are rushing today.
Notice where you are moving because you are afraid that nothing is happening.
Notice what you are trying to force.
Wait one breath longer than feels comfortable.

Feel the movement that is already happening inside the stillness.
Trust the shape you are taking while nothing seems to move.
When the moment comes, you’ll know.
You will not need to convince or push yourself. You will move, naturally.
Your stillness carries the whole shape of what is coming next.