Pure-onyx-s

"No," she agreed. "But a stone does not try to stop the rain. It simply lets the rain hit it and run off. Your thoughts are the rain. Pure-Onyx-s is being the stone."

"It's not magic," he would say. "It's remembering that you are the stone, not the storm. And stones? They never have to win an argument with the wind. They just outlast it." When you feel overwhelmed by racing thoughts, try the Pure-Onyx-s practice. Imagine your mind as a solid, unshakable stone. Let each anxious thought land on it like a leaf or a drop of rain. Don't fight the thought. Don't follow it. Just let it rest for a moment, then watch it slide away. You are not your thoughts. You are the stillness beneath them. Pure-Onyx-s

Kael frowned. "A stone cannot stop my mind." "No," she agreed

He didn't understand, but he pocketed it. Your thoughts are the rain