“No particle is still, each jerks about erratically, making tiny dashes hither and yon only perpetually to bounce back again. It looks perhaps like a milling crowd or a crowded dance floor seen from high above, or like a swarm of darting midges; and it is indeed a manifestation of, and the most direct evidence for, the deathless dance of molecules.” (1)
We are made of this Brownian motion and commotion.
Sit still for a moment.
Meditate on the dance that you are.
(1) R. W. Gerard, Unresting Cells, 1940.
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Pavel Somov, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and the author of "Eating the Moment" (New Harbinger, 2008), "Present Perfect" (NH, 2010), "The Lotus Effect" (NH, 2010), "Smoke Free Smoke Break" (2011), and "Reinventing the Meal" (2012). He is in private practice in Pittsburgh, PA. His book website is www.eatingthemoment.com
Marla Somova, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in private practice and an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Counseling at Carlow University in Pittsburgh, PA. She is the co-author of "Smoke Free Smoke Break" (2011).
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APA Reference
Somov, P. (2012). Dance of Stillness. Psych Central.
Retrieved on May 21, 2013, from http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindful-living/2012/07/dance-of-stillness/
“No particle is still, each jerks about erratically, making tiny dashes hither and yon only perpetually to bounce back again. It looks perhaps like a milling crowd or a crowded dance floor seen from high above, or like a swarm of darting midges; and it is indeed a manifestation of, and the most direct evidence for, the deathless dance of molecules.” (1)
