What's so great about Stillness?

One viewer asks a 'cheeky' question: "What's so great about Stillness?" By simply demonstrating it, John suggests we ask ourselves if and where it ends. Our body ends - each day will end, but the still, silent presence in which it all takes place connects with endlessness ...
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[@OneMan-wl1wj]

@1:14. Lol 😆 "How should I know??" Classic...go get'em John.

[@shussey1446]

John fed up with these dumbass questions 🤣😆

[@StygianDemise.]

Ha right when i read this he said, "how should I know",

[@mmmfun77]

One Man 1970 born in 70 like me?

[@0xVENx0]

hearing you chuckle makes me giggle like a baby, glad you are living happily and sharing life tips with us

[@notthesameman]

Glad he's alive and well, smoking and laughing, brings so much hope and I learned a lot watching him theses few days.

[@mylifeatrandomASMR]

Your laughter and response “how should I know” always makes me laugh :)

[@facetime4me]

John, I believe this was among your best videos ever. I shall be returning to it over and over for the reinforcement needed to stay on the path to stillness and silence. If you can more deeply define the “be whole, make whole” concept in a subsequent video, I am sure many of us would be most grateful. Be well!

[@mmmfun77]

facetime4me I agree

[@DrNeat]

"To make whole, be whole"

[@chris21iv753]

Listening to John's teachings is like drawing water from a bottomless source of serenity.

[@yorksracoon3560]

As for gratitude. it is like a spiritual practice, - when you affirm that you are grateful for something or things, it makes you feel more contented. You have to try it out, not just think about it.

[@LenaKrupinski-vg5wi]

🙏 Beautiful words from John yet again ! I have to say that John is the number 1 spiritual Teacher in my eyes ! Many Thanks & Blessings to you both 💗John & Phil.🙏🌹💟🐦💗🌻🙏

[@craigwalker111]

Whoever Zach is I totally understand his question. Im learning to choose gratitude for life and breathe and all the things I am and do have but I still feel a deep sense of dissatisfaction with my experience in this world

[@randybackgammon890]

Yes,I agree and I found John's answer trivialised a perfectly valid question.Johns answer to everything seems to be that in his other world there are no questions.....ain't like that for me.

[@cultzgor.e1757]

you make me smile so much:), imagine having a grandfather like him

[@cultzgor.e1757]

❤️🥺 so much joy in my heart when I seen that you liked my comment

[@Steve197201]

I love how John is always in a beautiful natural setting in these videos. The scenery goes so well with his soothing voice.

[@johndunn3424]

So many “gems” here...without presence you have absence, there is a connection between wholeness and holiness, and it can’t be repeated enough; to make whole, be whole. So much food for meditative thought. Thank you, John.

[@darrellborland119]

Thanks, to John and Phil!

[@bigajay9834]

John you're an inspiring energy and an untainted source of divinity in a world fast losing its facet of realism instead becoming a facade by day & a gimmick by night. I hold onto all your power of wisdom as if it was the last instrument dangling between a cliff edge and inevitable death below into a dark abyss. You're a beacon of enlightenment and your words and how you deliver them have come to instil a sense of hope and meaning to what I started losing faith and hope in a long time ago. The point of existence & its meaning doesnt need to be apprehended it just needs to be experienced in the now. I thank you. The most humble of men I could ever wish to meet or see on the other end of a screen. May god be good to you eternally. 🙏

[@petertaylor6384]

So very grateful for this channel.its feels as though my rage is turning to pity,my pity to understanding and my understanding to love. I have practiced moments of stillness and it has been very helpful and a heart warming experience as the stillness faded. I had a wonderful happy memory of my childhood that has been locked away for many years,blanketed by "buts" and "what abouts"just by being in the now and still for a brief moment. All my love. A carpenter

[@bluezone8080]

The way you answered zacks question gave me alot of guidance and knowledge. I've never thought about being "present" instead of questioning my every move. What a great yet simple lesson. Thank you john.

[@sgt7]

I am fortunate that over the years I've learned to find God in the silence. Although as soon as I return to the hustle and bustle of life I fall from the heavens - almost like I was never there in the first place. Having said that, I can't stay in the presence of God (or whatever you call him/her) for very long. I do spend most of my time preoccupied with thoughts of how wonderful God's presence is and how wretched I am most of the time. Some day I will return to the dust and my spirit will go home.

[@lunadeb]

"You can't contain the Great in the small..." 💗🙏🙏🙏💖

[@kathleenstetler609]

You sharing your experiences and views helps so much in sorting out the more important ways I can move toward peace. Thank you.

[@mmmfun77]

I love this man and what he teaches.... ♥️♥️♥️♥️ This particular video is one of the best. Thank you for all you do.....

[@hightower6546]

Thank you, John.

[@LifesASong00]

Thank you John. "You come to peace - stillness is a good starting point" may be the most beautiful advice I've ever been given.

[@JF-kv1gm]

I've had another longish absence from John's channel.... Now renovating the house we moved into, so we're busy and have lots to juggle with! So, it's a real "aaaaahhh" moment to be able to find time to watch this and take its message to heart. Thank you, John, and Phil, for bringing me back to "the source", and enabling me to just be.... even for a few moments. It's always there, the clouds of dualistic mind are just temporarily blocking it from view! 🤗💗🙏

[@festy111]

Thanks john. What you said silence is endless really is so simple but yet so effective for the human mind thank you

[@PeaceInChrist23]

Glad you believe in God. Stillness is so important in connecting with our relationship with him. We live in such a noisy world. Peace and quiet are so underrated.

[@Mikemikemike13579]

Have a wonderful day everyone! God is with you.

[@lavettar]

Thank you.

[@magdalenagauderon3754]

A warm thank you to Phil.

[@k8eekatt]

Thank you for sharing your reflections.

[@WRECKless_Games]

Thank you for helping me through so much, I’m a 21 year old single father learning to cope with life and you have helped me find myself and I thank you for that

[@cattisbergqvist]

Such wisdom and honesty

[@pascalavendano7338]

Thank you John!

[@susansale3657]

Apostle Paul was content but never satisfied. Always pressing forward to his high calling

[@kurutaa]

Your knowledge has helped me a lot with my anxiety. Thank you, sincerely.

[@reijo437]

Thank you John and Phil.

[@jonathanhiscock266]

Thanks again John i am most grateful to You. God bless 🙏

[@catherinea2726]

Thank you phil and john Much love from Ireland ❣❣

[@the1101experiment]

My stillness watching and listening even more so to this and all of John's videos is one of the nicest experiences of this life.

[@unrealentertainmentnetwork6459]

So happy that you're out and about during this tough time, doing these videos.

[@andreadawntattoo]

Thank you so much, I really needed to hear your beautiful voice today. The calm, the kind. Thank you

[@komaganpp3025]

Thank you grandpa

[@Deecat88]

Thoroughly enjoyed and resonated with that. I will certainly be watching a lot more of your videos John. Bless you

[@YahNation]

Thankyou! 🙏🙏🙏

[@christieashley5937]

Saying that stillness and silence are rest and or peace really struck me as truth. I felt contented (to use a word you were talking about earlier). Thank you.

[@Salvation7]

Another way of saying it is, focus on the 'present moment of comfort', which means to base everything on your comfort.

[@thewasp9476]

Many thanks from the Cotswolds

[@thatweirdextrovertidiot7649]

This guy should narrate an audiobook

[@MiauxCatterie]

i've been subscribed to your channel for a while now, a couple of months. but this was the first video i actually clicked on. i'm not sure why, i just knew that i wanted your wisdom, your experience, but i wasn't ready to.. well. to be still, haha. but life has been telling me to rest, in subtle and not so subtle ways, all week. so when this video came out i felt like i should listen to spirit and see what you had to say. i enjoyed this perspective, this sharing, and i enjoyed the stillness of you as you spoke. i enjoyed the sounds of the birds and wind and leaves behind you. i will try to start watching your videos more now, as i know it will benefit me. i've only just returned to my meditation habit in earnest this week, after halfway trying to get back into it over the last month or so. i know that as i get more able to be still, i will have more room for what truly matters. and less chatter, both inside and outside of the self. thank you. i hope you have a lovely day.

[@ryanmcdonough4151]

Thanks for yet another great video john!!

[@SpiritualUnfoldment]

Glad you enjoyed it. Phil

[@dannysze8183]

amazing

[@robertparker2088]

Many thanks to you both.Please keep shining the light amongst our shadows in our tunnels.By paying attention to your wisdom,we know that the light in our tunnel is not a train.😂Thanks again for being here lads.🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍Cheers,Robert

[@withdoublee2213]

“In reality there is no question.” But then why do I have so many John 😂 In any case, wonderful (and powerful) message as always 🙏🏽

[@thegodfathersam]

Your true reality, as well as everyone else's, is Stillness. He means in Stillness, there are no questions. Its only when we overlook this, do we begin to have questions about it. ❤️ It is the root of Non-Duality. As Alan Watts said: "It's only confusing and questionable when you start thinking about it".

[@withdoublee2213]

HOLMGREN hmmm...great way to summarize the message. To clarify, do you mean the stillness is the root of non-duality? And questioning/confusion a part of dualistic reality?

[@thegodfathersam]

@@withdoublee2213 yes exactly. Our questions, confusion, and all human problems arise from duality. As Ramana Maharishi said: Do any questions or problems arise in deep sleep? No? Then it's ultimately not important".

[@LeeDonel]

Thank you

[@rossfindlay2664]

John, your teachings and sharing of experience have helped me a great deal. I've believed in spirit for many years but the human condition and the world in which we live have often caused me to "forget". Could you please explain the phrase "To make whole, be whole"? I just can't quite seem to grasp the true meaning. Thank you and bless you. Ross.

[@Sorina_SunRose]

"questions are the absence of presence"..this is really...yeah...wow...

[@treewitch666]

Thankyou for sharing so much. I have discovered along the way certain characters who seem to teach so much and give so much just by sharing what they have learned.I give great credit to John for his teachings. I remember his words daily and they remind me to put feet on ground and listen and be still, and it works. I have been going through so much and without the shared wisdom from people like John I may not even be here anymore. Thankyou. I can recommend Dr Hew Len too, and a practice known as Ho’oponopono this too has helped and liberated me in so many ways, many miracles, Thanks again!

[@ngreat4390]

Grateful is for what is but contentment is ever growing as you acquire more things to be grateful for. So since you have learned to be grateful, acquiring more things is okay if it makes you happy. What happens is that your contentment and gratitude will become one as your soul becomes satisfied with the things you acquire...until you no longer desire to prove what is

[@lukesimonds2949]

John. I have nothing to say but thank you.

[@SpiritualUnfoldment]

Meister Eckhart says "if you only ever say one prayer let it be 'thank you'". Phil (I paraphrase of course)

[@Tvidstein]

Being grateful Seems to be the cause for being content

[@nicolecorter3533]

I love you.

[@alexanastasiades2233]

Your words are beyond average wisdom

[@Busabuck100]

I would that some of the spiritual teachers, here in America, on social media who are getting all upset over the political climate would listen to John. They are teaching presence and stillness and then blasting people, Maybe I am speaking from ego here, but it is disappointing.

[@droge192]

I think you're absolutely right!

[@billymcmahan5988]

Asmr at its best.

[@bapone73]

There are, as of today, 11 people who’s minds are sadly closed, spiral out, keep going

[@jamilahmacasimbar6209]

John won't probably see this but thank you very much for this💖 stay safe and love youu!!

[@SpiritualUnfoldment]

Jamilah - I've see it, and thank you, too

[@jamilahmacasimbar6209]

@@SpiritualUnfoldment Aww I didn't expect for this🤧

[@highachiemytale6743]

Bob ross an jhon would of been a good talk

[@chrisnam1603]

yes♥

[@noneyourbusiness341]

john and mike tyson would be good or john and ant n dec

[@CharlesFWatson]

@@noneyourbusiness341 a Mike Oldfield and Michael Bay discussion please

[@grocdaurat]

❤❤❤

[@robertm.-certifieddaytrade4939]

According to A Course in Miracles; What God gives is totally unconditional. So when we say “God forgive me” what we really should be saying is “God, help me to forgive myself” since by recognizing and turning to him, we’ve already been forgiven!

[@thencasti]

My favorite line: "How should I know!" Video should end right there lol

[@spaketticarbonada9651]

Stilness is good for a few minutes but go for it too long and my mind goes insane and stuff.

[@drake6795]

Hey Phil ! If you're reading this I hope you have a enjoyable day and the next

[@Dalpsyify]

Love this old man

[@gretanavarauskaite2904]

❤️

[@marybrewer2203]

Zach could read Winnie the Pooh, and be like Poohbear.

[@marybrewer2203]

steven atkinson yes. I am fond of those books as well.

[@daveUK1066]

Zaks question was insane! No wonder john laughed, I got a pair of socks for xmas... Yes i was gratefull as i needed some warm socks for work, but content?? No i would have preferred £100 cash....

[@ellisonhamilton3322]

Stillness and quiet are so important to one's health. I remember as a youth the pastor at my church encouraging the congregation to find time each day to spend a period of time in quiet reflection. He often spoke about the benefits of quiet introspection believing that it was vital for one's spiritual health. To this day I find a time to spend alone. We are inundated with so much loud and often obnoxious influences. Thanks John and Phil. Have a blessed week.

[@spencerdixon98]

Especially with constant screen time and social media. It’s more important then ever to have some time to yourself.

[@ellisonhamilton3322]

@@spencerdixon98 Yes! KZbin is my only social media. I do none of the others. And I dumped paid TV 5 years ago. Best decision I ever made. Network news is horrible. John mentioned this in a recent video. He called it garbage that causes " mental indigestion ". Too true.

[@journeythroughchina6489]

Hi John I have a question i would like the answer to - What about when you actually need to resolve the questions for pragmatic reasons in the world of form? I like the idea of staying in stillness and bliss away from the world of worries but what about when you return and you have to sort your life out? If i just stay in the formless my whole life it could compromise my survival.

[@SpiritualUnfoldment]

I will ask John. Phil

[@journeythroughchina6489]

@@SpiritualUnfoldment Thanks Phil my names Andy if you need a name to go with it

[@journeythroughchina6489]

Also i love your guys work

[@tinybus1246]

This man has the superpower to unscramble someone's mind in less time than it takes me to open a jar.

[@sunwado]

John, Really love your videos. Anyway here is a question for you? Do sentient animals such as Gorillas, Octopuses, Chimps etc meditate in the Silence?

[@Salvation7]

Some are present but with the wrong thing in the subconscious

[@Anastasiades6]

He looks like the old man from home alone who saved the day 😎✝️🕯

[@valentine_puppy]

Sing me a song, you're a singer Do me a wrong, you're a bringer of evil The devil is never a maker The less that you give, you're a taker So it's on and on and on, it's heaven and hell Oh well The lover of life's not a sinner The ending is just a beginner The closer you get to the meaning The sooner you'll know that you're dreaming So it's on and on and on, oh it's on and on and on It goes on and on and on, Heaven and Hell I can tell Fool, fool Oh uh Yeah, yeah, yeah Well if it seems to be real, it's illusion For every moment of truth, there's confusion in life Love can be seen as the answer, but nobody bleeds for the dancer And it's on and on, on and on and on and on and on and on and on They say that life's a carousel Spinning fast, you've got to ride it well The world is full of kings and queens Who blind your eyes and steal your dreams It's heaven and hell, oh well And they'll tell you black is really white The moon is just the sun at night And when you walk in golden halls You get to keep the gold that falls It's heaven and hell, oh no Fool, fool You've got to bleed for the dancer Fool, fool Look for the answer Fool, fool, fool

[@jenrose4177]

This reminds me of a drunken conversation I had the other day. I mean that in a positive way.

[@robbiepeterh]

Stillness. Also, it’s so rare to experience stillness that it makes it all the more wonderful when it actually happens!

[@charliejs]

We need to give John a wizard hat to wear

[@journeyintoyourself4806]

Since march, there has not been a waking moment without my children. There is one awake when I wake. There is one awake when I sleep. They sleep in my bed as we are all in a tiny space. The morning, afternoon, and evening meditations are no more. Even sitting still typing this one is talking at my face and one is climbing on my back. I went outside this morning to meditate with nature, they follow. We look at the ants as I try to show them the tiny world beneath our feet we should be mindful of. Any ideas in how to stay still within the chaos on and with me? Oddly enough, when the chaos hits intolerable levels the stillness pops back in just as it is when undisturbed yet without any intention to bring it. How to hold the stillness in the in-between?

[@trudesquires1089]

💡💡💡😘xx

[@mrnobody1321]

put that under you hat lol great vid

[@bicickeyeahdhdh]

Hello

[@Kintzer]

T H A N K Y O U ! 🙏

[@marcusjackson4203]

Awesome. His doppelganger is the dude from home alone who shovels snow in a trench coat 😆

[@Lumin495]

I have a question, I rephrased it again to make it easier to understand. “Do you have to practice religion in order to practice meditation and spirituality properly?”

[@droge192]

Short answer: No. Long Answer: No, definitely not.

[@fredradical]

I don't believe so. Imagine if there were no religion. Wouldn't we just sit quiet and wonder why and how we became here? As a child does? Where would we search for meaning without any guidance? It would be In our own thoughts. At a point just stop thinking and be present. See the glory in all life and be grateful, because we are that. Not sure that made sense. Nighty night.

[@JF-kv1gm]

I agree with the others. Spirituality and meditation is about going beyond "labels" but, of course, religions can enable to achieve that too, I suppose. I think one can do it within the "structure" of a religion and also without it. Don't mean to give a confused reply so I hope you get the gist. 🙏💗

[@Master0L0ng]

Hiya John love listening too you if I may ask what advise would you give someone who’s not sure about religion but is willing to let it into there life. Been agnostic most my life but am willing to accept something

[@Master0L0ng]

My name is Oliver. In case you reply. Love listening to you. Thanks John

[@quietlyI]

@FutureGreyhound what if you let go of labels like agnostic. how wonderful that you are here watching this & considering 'religion'. but what if we have outgrown it? what if 'searching for answers & meaning from an external power' is what John addresses here? he points within, to the qualities of silence, presence, peace. so many have given their power away to religion telling them what to do, how it all works. the answer is within the silent present place that john describes. so maybe make that, your own inner abiding , your religion? xo

[@Master0L0ng]

Donna Barton I see. Thank you.

[@mpridgen803]

Are yall planning on doing anything special when you hit 100k subscribers?

[@hiarahkimusic3282]

Why can’t I watch coming home?

[@bonnie8441]

Wheres that Butterfly....

[@gadd1111]

How is the weather where you are always so nice? I'm jealous!

[@justified-by-faithcom]

Are you 100% sure you have everlasting life?

[@krissyganz]

No one can ever be 100% sure about anything

[@justified-by-faithcom]

@@krissyganz Are you 100% sure about that?

[@krissyganz]

justified-by-faith.com. No

[@justified-by-faithcom]

@@krissyganz The good news is that you can be. The Bible says you can know you will go to Heaven when you die: "These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life..." [1 John 5:13] If you'd like more information, please visit: justified-by-faith.com/how-to-be-100-sure-you-are-going-to-heaven

[@EternaLivesMatter]

I am!😊 I have been born AGAIN by GRACE through FAITH IN JESUS Christ, who died to pay for my sins and rose from the grave to give eternal life to those who believe. Thank you! 1Corinthians 15:58 KJB

[@RJH_LIL]

Morning all🙏🙏🙏

[@Bazerkly]

"Apples and Organges"

[@makaila2646]

💚💚💚