One of the practices we’ve done in retreats is the practice of “seeing.”
After a couple of days in the retreat, participants head out for an hour walking around in nature.
There are no special instructions, simply to really observe. To stop, and really notice what it is that is there, right in front of them.
It could be the veins of a leaf, the way the dirt clumps together, anything.
When you watch the group from afar, you’ll notice something interesting.
After ten minutes or so of walking around, each person stops for a bit in their little space that they’ve stumbled on. Then they really stop.
It’s normal for them to not move for another 45 minutes, as they discover the level of abundance that’s happening right in front of them.
Within one square meter, when we bring attention and relax into the space and the moment, it is remarkable how much is happening.
Upon return, there are accounts of whole colonies of organised ants, bees collecting pollen, dew drops collecting on leaves, spider webs intricately woven, insects carrying odd objects many times their size…
Perhaps it’s in your physical body, perhaps it’s in business – when you stop to really observe and notice, there are countless opportunities or directions to move.
These new opportunities, innovations or disruptions are not usually coming from somewhere unknown or “outside,” but simply from looking at what is going on right in front of us from a new angle.
How much is happening in your direct environment that you are still yet to see?
