The Still Point Between Stimuli

The "still point" is the gap of silence between two events or inputs. In our hyper-connected world, these gaps are often eliminated, leading to a "blur" of experience. Recognizing and honoring these interstimulus spaces is essential for restoring your nervous system's natural pacing. These gaps provide the "buffer" needed for the Reward system to reset and for the Narrative system to integrate what just happened before the next thing begins.

When you rush from one stimulus to the next, your internal "velocity" stays high, leading to fragmentation. By pausing in the "still point," you allow your heart rate and breath to return to baseline. This intentional slowing of pace ensures that you are moving through your day with "contiguous attention" rather than in a series of disjointed jumps. It turns a frantic day into a coherent, manageable sequence of completed loops.