Starfish, I find this a very special aspect of the Small Universe meditation too. Because it is so absorbing in terms of its focus there is somehow no time to have much chatter - I still manage it though! I suddenly realise also that I must re-visit the other meditation on the tape as well because it has very different but useful qualities.
Another thought: sometimes I feel that I haven't been anywhere near the level of stillness that I desire. But even so I notice that after a meditation or the active exercises that whatever my 'intellectual judgement' of the 'depth' of the stillnes is, I am in a very different state to the one in which I started - calmer, more integrated, breathing very differently and thinking more clearly. This is one of the wonderful things about deciding to commit to a period of time doing this 'work'.
Love,
Kev
