mindfulness

The film comes from a place where I use to meditate or just stroll around. If you are quiet, the animals will accept you and even be curious. This little watersnake came quite near... When we let our thoughts go, we can easily  feel that we share some kind of consciousness, with the rest of the animals:With a snake, a fish, or a bumblebee that you saves from drowning... We share feelings of scariness, satisfaction, concentration and probably of pleasure. You will not see a snake meditate. But you can see a concentrated snake like this, smelling for pray with it's tongue. The snakes probably don't think much, probably not worry for the future or for death. So they don't have to meditate to be calmer. Planning for the future is necessary,  but we don't have to do it all the time... We try to make our life safe. But we all now that bad things can happen anyway. If we all the time are afraid for something we will miss a lot of things. To care for a pet o

If you become peaceful, you will help other people with just your appearance. Like a beautiful tree. So try to take care of your self, have some time for yourself each day to nourish yourself. We all have feelings of loneliness and emptiness, even if we are around a lot of people. Some of us are so afraid of loneliness, that we have to be connected to others all the time, by phone or the net. But sooner or later we have to cope with ourselves.... Perhaps it's not possible to be peace all the time. And it's important to not condemn yourself if you not are peaceful all the time. But it's for sure something to strive for....