Resting

came across this quote today from the Himalayan Institute:

#Meditation is a precise technique for resting the mind and fathoming all levels of ourselves. ~ Swami Rama

I started riffing on this in my own mind, and was thinking (not resting the mind at all btw!) that by resting the mind, we create space to fathom our big S Self. And if our mind was busy fathoming it's Self, we probably wouldn't really need to rest it.

So when we say "give it a rest" in our daily life, we are usually referring to a bunch of BS that we don't want to hear about, deal with, think about etc... any more. Same with our mind. So "give it a rest" from the busy Bs (read as either BS or bees - your choice) and give it some space for clarity. The clarity that comes from stepping back from the drama, the habits, the things that make us tired. So when we are tired, what are we tired of? Our little S self perhaps?

There is the other aspect that comes from the state of rest - fathoming all levels of ourselves. All of ourselves. Meaning more that one. That's one mighty big picture. And btw - i'm not saying that it's in the rule book that we have to quiet the mind as a pre-requisite for fathoming. Read the quote for your Self and draw your own conclusions. Or better, skip the conclusions altogether and give it a rest.