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This is some personal experiences and also is in my book.
LEARNING TO BE STILL AND LET IT BE One thing I had learned from Lonnie was how to share with somebody. Lonnie never did say, “I disagree with you, you are wrong.” Lonnie said to me one day, “Are you sure that's right?” And I said, “Yes,” and Lonnie just nodded his head up and down and never said a word. When I walked away I heard a small voice say to me, “Are you sure you are right and not Lonnie?” And I would see that I was not the one that was right, Lonnie was, and I went back and told him he was right and I was wrong. What a lesson I had learned. Lonnie not having to be right made me see I was wrong and I learned. Lonnie said, “We don't have to be right. If we don't say we are right, it does not mean we are wrong.” Lonnie taught me that if we let it be then God can take care of it. But if we don't let it be then we can only mess it up. I did not use what I had learned from Lonnie until months after I was released. It happened one day when I was in the kitchen with a friend. She said something to me, wanting to release some anger. I could feel her anger and thought about what I was going to say back to her and decided she would not like to hear what I had to say. Then I heard a small voice say, “Don't say anything then.” Well, I just looked out the window at the trees and she thought I was thinking about what to say. She did not know I was done thinking and that I was ‘being still,' not so much still in my body but still in my mind. I was not thinking anything. A few minutes passed and she spoke and said, “I don't think I should have said that.” I was amazed! I still kept looking out the window and didn't think anything for a few more minutes and she spoke again and said, “I know I should not have said what I said. I am sorry.” The problem came up and it was handled in such a way that was so wonderful. It was handled by me being still. By me doing nothing, God did everything! Like Lonnie taught me, if you let it be then God can take care of it. “…the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.” (John 14:10)
What had happened here was I did not give power to something I did not want, by not opposing the thing I did not want, IT WENT AWAY ! like the Buddhist say , take what is good for you and leave the rest, I've come a long way with this one. I think it would be wonderful if people would learn to only go after the thing they want and leave the things they don't want alone. I have found that sometimes the reason I cannot be still was because the thing that I did not like was in me. I think if I don't change anybody but myself, I am doing a great deal in helping the world. Your Friend,Don
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