Inner Peace

“Anything is possible when you have inner peace.” Shifu

I learnt something yesterday , as I watched Kung fu Panda.

“Inner peace”. Such a simple word with a deep meaning.

To me, I would say that Inner peace is when, we are at peace within ourselves. When we are able to control our mind, body and soul despite what comes our way, as we are in such a calm state.

How I took this is that, if we consciously practiced inner peace throughout the day, and if anything came towards us. We will be able to see it coming, Face it, and React to it in a very calm sense that will only bring us victory.

For example, if we had inner peace, and we were at work, and someone had shouted at us, or said something to us that we probably didn’t agree too, we will be able to know how to respond and acknowledge it without being too emotionally affected. We won’t just react based on emotions but instead we’d address the issue in a more mature and practical manner.

This can be applied in a situation when you are attack, mugged, near accident experience, in relationships, disputes with family, friends,etc.
Basically in every aspect of our lives.

How would you start to practice this Inner Peace?

To me , I would believe the first step is to also be alert of your surroundings, be aware of yourself. Be conscious of yourself when you walk, when you talk, when you eat and when you say something to someone or when you react.

You’d be able to see that sometimes the things you say, might hurt others with the way you react. So probably, start counting to 5 before you react in a heated situation.

Being more aware of our surroundings also will give us a sense of awareness if we were going to be attacked. And we’d be calm and prepared on how to react.

Being more aware of your presence and seeing yourself outside of your body as a 3rd party. You’d be able to see who you actually are, instead of who you think you are.

The mirror shows us what we want to see but when we step out of ourselves and look at ourselves, that’s where we’ll see who we truly are.

We lose nothing by trying this even, if you don’t succeed, but if we do succeed , we have a lot to gain 

So let us all try to develop this inner peace. Let’s do it consciously first. And with a conscious practice, it will then become a natural behavior of ours/ a habit.

This will only give us the inner strength that we all need in life.

Try it.. 

“How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.”-Wayne Dyer

By Kapila Khindriya