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In truth, rest is not something that can be guaranteed. You can be led to the door of rest, but nothing can open that door. The fact is, the door will open itself and, as long as you’re allowing, you will fall into the stillness beyond. Some find it easy to access this ‘quietness’, while others find it harder to get past distractions. You might stumble upon it while a-top the number 7 bus and yet find it elusive when you formally set out to do nothing.

Falling into this feeling of stillness can happen to anybody, at any time, but there are gentle approaches that might make you more prone to fall, or to more easily stumble into it. Knowing and reconnecting with this deepest quality of who you are can be a happy accident, springing out of nowhere, but we hope it might also be helped along with the suggestions in this book.