Standing Still Journey

 Some journeys you take by standing still.  This is the desert journey of interior prayer.  The desert image is a good one because the desert is simply the desert.  You move about and it is still the desert, empty, silent, nothing to do.  A great genre for meditation, wordless prayer with just you.  At first, you simply get used to it.  “What am I doing here?”  “This is a waste of time.  I should be doing something productive.”  These are the temptations, the demons.  But you stay.  In time, as you get used to it and some method to keep you in silence and stillness, you may become aware that you are not alone.  You are in the home of some power that is not you.  Eventually, it becomes a power that is you.  Non-duality.  It is the standing still journey.