Picture: My Cup Runneth Over (Psalm 23:5)
The conscious mind is a cup that holds the content of whatever your attention is focused upon. When the body demands your attention the mind naturally is full of worldly concerns. When those concerns make you think that you are either gaining or losing something, then craving, dread and unrest fills the cup. For many, their cups are filled to the brim with the things of the world.
When you want to focus on God-experience and the cup of your mind is already filled with worldly concerns, then where is there room? In order to know God, you first empty your cup of the things of the world; only then do you have the room needed for contact with the Infinite.
“Be still, and know that I am God” is your goal. Being still is not just sitting quietly, it requires that you empty the cup of your mind of all material concerns. You do this by shifting your attention to God-consciousness. Being aware of your breath—you feel His peace. Thinking on God’s name at the Christ Center—His light fills your Being. Going within—you inwardly hear His all-powerful voice as the Aum/Amen. Through expanding consciousness—you experience His bliss. Your cup is sanctified, no longer polluted with fear, greed and jealousy. You cannot hold it all and your cup runneth over—bliss, light and the power of the Infinite pours out of your cup, flowing out in blessings to one and to all. Now the cup of your mind is completely still—His blissful Presence fills you without end.