What is stillness?

[Ming the Merciful]

I would substitute controlled with disciplined.

Controlled, Disciplined? Words are words. The outcome is the same. I shall throw a stone into the still pond and watch the waves ripple.

Then that would disturb the evolving wildlife within the pond, and the frog would become a mouse in its next incarnation. Beware of the "Self-Realized Frog". It is also a potential Buddha.

One step at a time, my friend, (one step at a time).

Patience is a virtue and we do not have many virtues left.

Sometimes I am too philosophical for my own good, it will be my downfall.