Reconnect With Your Inner Peace
“We don’t realize that, somewhere within us all, there exists a supreme self who is eternally at peace.”—Elizabeth Gilbert.
I invite you to stop momentarily and shift your focus to your heart. What do you feel? Sure, the rhythmic beating of life and the emotions within this space. Many people find this self-exploration difficult because there is a vulnerability that we’ve learned to protect ourselves from. Recently, while washing my hands before bed, I was unexpectedly overcome by a deep wave of love and compassion running through my body. This brief thirty-second experience took me back to my childhood, where I experienced a sense of oneness I once felt with my mother. This connection reveals what we should cultivate within ourselves: a relationship of compassion and acceptance. What relationship have you nurtured with yourself? Is it supported by kindness and compassion, or battered by guilt and resentment? Whatever your answer, you can choose inner peace and harmony by releasing the thoughts that obscure what has always existed within you.
While global fears like political conflict and environmental damage are concerning, nurturing our inner peace remains essential. We are inundated with news that captures our attention and distracts us from attaining inner peace. In addition, we are engulfed by messages focused on fear and competition. It’s not about blaming these sources but about remembering that a more peaceful reality is available within us. Some might say the heart’s role is to express love, and I would argue otherwise because we are already the embodiment of love because of our existence. This expression of love as our innate nature means we do not have to seek love other than to remove the impediments that block us from realizing it. This is the message espoused by the Persian poet Rumi, who said: “Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” In my experience, emotions like anger and fear conceal the love and peace within us.
Discover the River of Peace Within
“The life of inner peace, being harmonious and without stress, is the easiest type of existence.”—Norman Vincent Peale.
By discovering our true selves, we realize inner peace is the heart’s deepest desire because it is the language of our soul. Inner peace gives rise to love and expands like a light in a dark room, filling every corner. You do not have to direct the light into the room’s corners other than to turn it on. The same can be said of us: we can remove the barriers within ourselves that obstruct love, as Rumi alluded to. How do you feel about this? I’m certain you have questions brewing in your mind. I encourage you to sit with them and contemplate the core of your inner peace. No amount of money, fame, or power can replicate the quiet fulfillment that dwells within our hearts. I liken it to peeling away the layers of thought and belief that obscure our true nature. These concepts and ideas help us find our way in the world, yet do little to help us realize inner peace. For instance, many of us are taught that material possessions will provide us with lasting happiness, yet we often long for something deeper once our desires are fulfilled. The missing thing is not lost but dwells within us, waiting for us to come home.
Inner peace always flows within you, like an underground spring waiting to be discovered. By releasing the burdens of fear, judgment, and self-criticism, this source rises to the surface of your consciousness. Allow yourself to honor this truth via the following exercise. Find a quiet space after reading this article, place your hands on your heart, and sit silently. Turn off anything that might distract you, including your phone, and be present with whatever emotions arise. Commit to observing these feelings with unconditional love, irrespective of what shows up. Avoid engaging with mental chatter, but allow yourself to feel each emotion and let it move through you effortlessly. Through this practice, you can dissolve the barriers you’ve unconsciously built and experience the river of peace flowing within you. Begin this habit daily, even for five minutes, and note whether your relationship with yourself has transformed. The peace you seek isn’t in the distant future; it’s waiting for you to recognize its presence now. The river of peace is continually flowing within you. All you have to do is listen; will you answer its call?
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