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Often we look at the outside world and find it in a state of
seeming chaos or disorder. We feel compelled to transform the situation from
one of turmoil into one of peace, yet we are often disappointed in our best
attempts to do so. One reason for this is that we cannot bring to the world
what we do not have to offer. Peace starts in our own minds and hearts, not
outside of ourselves, and until its roots are firmly entrenched in our own
selves, we cannot manifest it externally. Once we have found it within, we
can share it with our family, our community, and the whole wide world. Some
of us may already be doing just that, but for most of us, the first step is
looking within and honestly evaluating the state of our own relationship to
peacefulness.
Interestingly, people who manifest peace internally are not different from
us; they have chattering thoughts and troubled emotions like we all do. The
difference is that they do not lend their energy to them, so those thoughts
and feelings can simply rise and fall like the waves of the ocean without
disturbing the deeper waters of peacefulness within. We all have this ability
to choose how we distribute our energy, and practice enables us to grow
increasingly more serene as we choose the vibration of peace over the
vibration of conflict. We begin to see our thoughts and feelings as tiny
objects on the surface of our being that pose no threat to the deep interior
stillness that is the source of peacefulness.
When we find that we are able to locate ourselves more and more in the deeper
waters and less on the tumultuous surface of our being, we have discovered a
lasting relationship with peace that will enable us to inspire peace beyond
ourselves. Until then, we help the world most by practicing the art of
choosing peace within.
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