An Introduction
What do you think of when you hear the term Inner Peace? For me, it is the intelligence and the pure awareness that is at the very core of our being. The force that is responsible to hold you intact and responsible in your life.
Now, Inner peace is something that many people aspire to achieve and with great reason. Who wouldn’t want to have that balance and clarity in how you view and experience life right?
Simply put, Inner peace is a state of mind. However, Inner peace is not something that you need to chase after. Inner peace is the true state of your existence. You may think that this isn’t the case as you barely get to feel any of it. But, what most of us fail to realize is that the reason for our suffering is because out true nature has been clouded by the beliefs, social expectations and things we have gathered through our five senses.
People try all sorts of different things such as excessive eating, intoxicants and excessive indulgence in pleasure to create some kind of peacefulness within them. And for a moment you think you have got there, but the next moment it seems like you’re far from it.
How to achieve Inner Peace?
To learn how to achive Inner Peace, you may require you to go through some form of sadhana or spiritual practice. However, it is not all these practices that causes this realization within you. The realization happens because it is the true nature. Hence your spiritual practices are just tools that will help you to understand this. Once you understand this simple truth, you will never be the same again.
I am not saying that you will never have to go through pain or challenges in life, but it’s just that you will be responding to it with grace and intelligence. Everything will start to feel a little lighter and you will start to feel closer and closer to your true nature.
The Bliss and Calm you seek is already within you. You just have to realize that you are not your thoughts or even the things happening in your life. Throughout your life you have identified yourself as these things and whenever something unfavorable happens, you immediately react to it and think that this is who you are.
Through regular practice of yoga and meditation as well as simple mind hacks, you can train your mind to always come back to the present moment, the pure awareness that you are.
The human mind is the most sophisticated device on this planet. It is a fantastic possibility if used properly. However, somewhere down the line we have lost touch with the very fundamental nature of human life.
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