How Can You Experience More Inner Peace?

As I sit writing, I notice that my neighbor is hammering something into the wall. I'm somewhat amused at the synchronicity as I'm writing about peace. And then I remember that the peace has nothing to do with the hammering. It's about my choice of whether or not to be annoyed by the noisy interlude or to go deeper within myself to the source of peace itself. Choosing the latter, I get down to the subject of experiencing deep peace and how it profoundly affects the process of healing.

Inner peace goes right to the core of the self, the still point of the inner world, the place that is the beginning and end of all healing and transformation. It's about more than the landscape I saw last week, high up on a cliff looking out at the Pacific Ocean, as I watched the orange sun dissolve into the horizon. It's beyond even that.

A Quality of Your Essence

Inner peace is a quality of your essence, the core of the Self. A woman named Sandra was dealing with a very difficult relationship. She felt strain going through her entire body and released some tears that she'd been holding in. She described herself as deeply sad, like thick, gray, and dismal storm clouds. She breathed into her experience and exhaled, and then her Wise Mind began to speak to her:

"Underneath your sadness is a landscape of you, a blanket of peace. There are rolling hills, carpets of green grass, breathtaking flowers, and you can come here to rest your soul anytime you like. Underneath your sadness, it's airy, light, and sunny. Come here at any time, and you'll transform all the troubles in your life."

I Can See Peace Instead of This

She said the words, "Deep Peace" to herself. Sandra said that this was the most positive experience she'd ever had. By going to the central core of peace within, she found that her difficulties were no longer real. Here in this core, you can listen or feel or watch, and healing comes through. You're given the opportunity to be more peaceful about any of your issues, your finances, your health, your relationships, even the state of the world. The book A Course in Miracles says, "Peace is my most important priority." It also says, "I can see peace instead of this."

And as one Zen monk wrote, "Over a cup of tea, I stopped the war."

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Added: February 13, 2009
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