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Serenity, freedom and bliss exist within us all along, but await us to discover it, through layers and layers of disharmony, incongruity and imbalance that have been wrapping around. It’s a journey of clearing the dusts and one day you finally get to see your inner purity shining through.
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Journeying inward requires us to align ourselves physically, cultivate our compassion and free ourselves from attachment and obsession. Find your light inside that shines out and illuminates all that around you.
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“In the solitude to which every man is always returning, he has a sanity and revelations, which in his passage into new worlds he will carry with him.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Solitude is being alone without feeling lonely. It is a time that you are engaged with yourself and fully present.
Octavio Paz says, “Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition.” In this quiet and alone time, you start to grow your awareness in yourself and things around you, start to reflect what happened in your life and start to appreciate the beauty that has always been around you.
Solitude brings you clarity, calmness and courage through reflection, awareness and appreciation.
In solitude, there’s no poverty but richness. Solitude restores, replenishes and renews you.
Set aside some quiet time, sit alone and do things you like.
What do you do to cultivate your solitude? Share your thoughts in the comment.
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This piece of art came to my mind while writing this post. Take some time for yourself while enjoying Loreena’s ethereal voice up from the heaven.
Our mind is always in the state of thinking. Every event, happening or word has an effect on our mind, which produces thoughts accordingly. Our mind focuses on one subject for a while, then jumps to another subject, then again to another one, restlessly and ceaselessly.
We take the thinking state of our mind for granted, without knowing that we are enslaved by our own thoughts. The nature of our mind is not incessant thinking, but peace and serenity. The nature of our mind is like the clear and sunny sky, and our thoughts are the clouds. The clouds hide and drift through the sky, in one kind or another.
In order to attain inner peace, we need to take control and be the master of our mind. By controling our mind, we’ll be able to cease the incessant flow of thoughts, and decide which thought to think and which one to reject.
Here are some ways of controling our mind that I’m practicing.
- Live in the moment
Concentrate our mind on one subject at a time, easing ourselves from worrying about future or immersing in the past.
- Think positively
It’s a slow process but powerful mindset. Try to frequetly envision ourselves in a desired state or achievement.
- Practice meditation, Taichi or Yoga
Meditation, Taichi or Yoga are proved to train our mind to be focused, concentrated and calm.
Attaining inner peace is not achieved in a short period of time. It needs constant endeavor. It requires our patience and perseverance. Once we are free from worry, fear, anger, and so many other negative emotions, all efforts are worthwhile.
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What Is Inner Peace?
Inner peace (or peace of mind) refers to a state of being mentally or spiritually at peace, with enough knowledge and understanding to keep oneself strong in the face of discord or stress.
Being “at peace” is considered by many to be healthy (homeostasis) and the opposite of being stressed or anxious. Peace of mind is generally associated with bliss and happiness.
Peace of mind, serenity and calmness are descriptions of a disposition free from the effects of stress.
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As a Man Thinketh (by James Allen)
As a Man Thinketh is a classic self-help book, written by James Allen (1864-1912), a British philosophical writer. In the last chapter of the book, James Allen expounded senerity, calmness of mind.
A man in calmness of mind ceases to fuss, fume, worry, and grieve. He remains poised, steadfast, and serene.
A calm man has a tranquil heart, a sweet-tempered, balanced life. It does not matter whether it rains or shines, or what changes come to him, for he is always serene and calm. He makes the winds and the storms of the soul obey him.
2. Who Can Attain Inner Peace?
Any person can attain inner peace as long as he is earnest to attain it and willing to devote the necessary time and energy.
Inner peace is not the privilege of special people. It is not reserved only to yogis, hermits or monks, sitting alone in a far off place, praying or meditating all day long. It can also be attained by people living an ordinary life, who have a job, married and with children.
3. How to Attain Inner Peace?
Inner peace is independent of external conditions and circumstances. It comes from within.
James Allen, in As a Man Thinketh, believed that calmness of mind is the result of long and patient effort in self-control. Its presence is an indication of ripened experience, and of a more than ordinary knowledge of the laws and operations of thought.
Inner peace begins with transformation of our mind. When things go wrong in our life and we encounter difficult situations, we tend to regard the situation itself as the problem, but in reality whatever problems we experience come from the mind. If we were to respond to difficulties with a positive or peaceful mind, they would not be problems for us; indeed we may even come to regard them as challenges or opportunities for growth and development. Problems arise only if we respond to situations with a negative state of mind. Therefore, if we want to transform our life and be free from problems, we must learn to transform our mind. Sufferings, problems, worries, unhappiness, and pain all exist within our mind; they are all unpleasant feelings, which are part of the mind. Through controlling and purifying our mind we can stop them once and for all.
References
1. 20 Reasons Why You Need Inner Peace and Tranquility, Remez Sasson
2. Inner Peace
3. As a Man Thinketh, James Allen
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