Depending on one's circumstance, retreat may be the best route to stillness. Balance-keeping along the way is it's own reward until one begins to slip-back into unnecessary defense. Is a progressive edge of some sort what keeps balance rewarding? What sort of subtle discernment does this degree of practice require? If retreat is best, how do we trust beyond our comfort zone when risk grows uncontainably, and the risk-mind is overwhelmed? What continuity of faith precedes and follows risk-events toward stillness?