Finding Inner Peace Easily
Just the term "finding" inner peace can be slightly misleading, as it implies inner peace is separate from you, to be found at some point in the future. Finding inner peace is easier when you start to realise it is part of who you already are.
The key to finding inner peace is to realise what is covering it up. Once you become aware, you can begin to free yourself from any mental or emotional patterns or “baggage” that is causing you any suffering.
Most of our suffering arises from our thoughts about something, rather than the thing itself.
For example if you break a possession, then your thoughts about the situation are what do you harm - what you believe the possession meant to you, what others will say or do, believing you are now somehow "less" because your possession is destroyed etc. The situation itself is not negative, but your reaction to it is. When you can distinguish between the situation and your reaction to it, you can begin to experience inner peace.
Ways To Finding Inner Peace
The basic teaching is this: you are pure consciousness, pure awareness. You are that which is aware of a thought, aware of an emotion, aware of a sensory perception. Many of our problems arise when we identify with our thinking minds and our unstable emotions. This identification with form (particularly thought forms) is commonly known in spiritual teachings as the ego.
You are not the thinker, you are the watcher of thoughts. Test this out for yourself now: take your attention to what you are thinking about and wait for a thought to arise...
...you may notice that when a thought does arise, it does so all by itself. You are that which knows the thought has arisen. This is always the case.
This conscious awareness of your own thoughts and emotions is only accessible now. Past and future only exist in your mind. Realising this, that the present moment is all there ever is can be extremely liberating, as the present moment is always very simple. It is our thoughts and emotions that complicate things and make things seem “bad”.
Living in this state of awareness, knowing yourself as this, is the source for true inner peace, fulfilment and joy.
However, knowing the theory and actually living in this way are two very different things. Sometimes the mind can seem so strong and so turbulent that becoming conscious, still and at peace seems almost impossible. This is what the content here is designed to help you with.
Useful tools for staying conscious in the present moment and finding inner peace more easily include:
• the awareness of your breath (page coming soon)
• awareness of your inner energy field (“inner body” is another name for it - page coming soon)
• awareness of your sensory perceptions.
.....all these keep you in the present moment, where your thoughts and emotions can be observed without judgement just as easily as you can observe yourself sitting on a chair, or watching a bird in the sky.
Pages For Finding Inner Peace
Follow the links below for more on finding inner peace.
The most recent pages are added to the bottom of the list:
The Ego
This is a common topic of spiritual teaching. It is the thing that makes finding inner peace seem harder. Once you can recognise the ego, you can become free.
• Part 2 - How To Be Free From Ego.
• Part 3 - Recognising Egoic Behaviour.
Pain Body
Coined by Eckhart Tolle, Pain Body is a term used to describe the negative emotional energy that most of us suffer with. It could be called the emotional extension of the ego, pain energy, pain consciousness, suffering etc. Once you can identify it within yourself, you can begin to break free from it and begin finding inner peace.
• Pain Body - What It Is and How To Be Free
• How To Deal With Pain Body In Others
Present Moment Awareness - Your Doorway To Freedom
How often you are fully in the present moment? Present moment awareness brings calm, inner peace and sanity to your life. It exposes your ego and puts you in touch with your true self.
Who You Really Are
You are not who you think...
Quotes On Inner Peace
These are some of my favourite quotes on inner peace and the nature of who we are that I have found very useful for meditative or inspirational reading. I hope you also gain benefit from reading them...
Nonresistance - How To Live Each Moment In Peace
Nonresistance (acceptance) of what is takes you immediately to a peaceful state. All of your actions are then of a high quality and you harbour no internal negativity.
The Consciousness Shift
What is meant by having a shift in consciousness?
Non-Judgement - A Key To Enlightened Living
Non-judgement allows for instant inner peace. It means you are instantly still and alert when you choose not to judge. Experience non-judgement and experience freedom.
The Inner Body - The Portal To Peace
Inner body is another name for the inner energy field of your body. Dwelling in the inner body leaves you in a state of increased presence and inner peace.
The Thank You Technique For Inner Peace
The thank you technique can be a fast way to overcome distracting or negative thoughts...
How To Live In Non-Attachment
Imagine the freedom you would have if you were not attached to anything. Non-attachment comes when you realise that there is more to you than what you can see, and there is more to life than what can be seen.
Tips For Inner Peace And How To Stay Present
Making presence and inner peace feel easier to experience.
Spiritual Awakening
Have you ever had a dream and then woken up, only to find that you're actually still dreaming? Is it possible that you are still dreaming now, but haven't realised yet that it is a dream? Spiritual awakening means awakening out of your dream state of consciousness into the truth of who you are.
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