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The Strength in Stillness · Sri Aurobindo Studies

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  we live in a world that prizes action and the continually
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  impinges upon us with various information feeds and input from
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  all directions, quiet and Stillness, the ability to remain
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  calm without agitation or upset, the ability to achieve true
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  peace in the mind in the vital and nervous being and in the
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  physical body are generally not recognized as a true sign of
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  strength. If we try to sit quietly for
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  meditation, we find all kinds of thoughts churning through our
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  minds If we try to keep the body poised and Stillness, we
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  experience endless nervous Twitches discomforts or urges to
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  move signaling a vital and physical system that does not
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  have the strength to Simply Be rather than do some of this
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  results from a trained attitude of impatience and drive for
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  Action. Some from a mind that is not
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  trained in concentration. Some from nervous, weakness.
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  Some from physical issues. whatever the causes may be, as
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  we work toward achieving Stillness at each level of our
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  being, we can observe and systematically work to resolve
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  whenever these issues Maybe The mother notes quote, I have seen
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  people many people who could not sit still for half an hour
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  without fidgeting, they had to move a foot or a leg or an arm
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  or their head. They had to stir restlessly all
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  the time. For they did not have the power
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  or the strength to remain quiet. This capacity to remain still
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  when one wants to to gather all one's energies and spend them as
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  one, wishes completely if one wants or to a portion them as
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  one wants an action with a perfect calm.
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  Even in action, that is always the sign of strength.
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  It may be physical strength, or vital, strength, or mental
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  strength. But if you are in the least
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  agitated, you may be sure there is a weakness somewhere.
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  And if your restlessness is integral, it is an integral
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  weakness. So if I tell someone be calm, I
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  may be telling him all kinds of things, it depends upon each
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  person. But obviously, most often it is
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  make your mind quiet. Don't be restless all the time
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  in your head. Don't stir up, lots of ideas,
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  calm yourself. In quote, reference SRI,
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  aurobindo in the mother growing within the psychology of inner
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  development, chapter for growth of Consciousness, first steps,
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  and Foundation Pages, 77 to 78.