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Life & Events > Finding Peace Within (Yourself) - Daily Om
 

Finding Peace Within (Yourself) - Daily Om

 









 
September 9, 2008
Finding Peace Within
A Full Embrace Excluding Nothing
Most people agree that a more peaceful world would be an ideal
situation for all living creatures. However, we often seem stumped as
to how to bring this ideal situation into being. If we are to have true
peace in this world, each one of us must find it in ourselves first. If
we don’t like ourselves, for example, we probably won’t like those
around us. If we are in a constant state of inner conflict, then we
will probably manifest conflict in the world. If we have fighting
within our families, there can be no peace in the world. We must shine
the light of inquiry on our internal struggles, because this is the
only place we can really create change.


When we initiate the process of looking inside ourselves for the
meaning of peace, we will begin to understand why it has always been so
difficult to come by. This in itself will enable us to be compassionate
toward the many people in the world who find themselves caught up in
conflicts both personal and universal. We may have an experience of
peace that we can call up in ourselves to remind us of what we want to
create, but if we are human we will also feel the pull in the opposite
direction—the desire to defend ourselves, to keep what we feel belongs
to us, to protect our loved ones and our cherished ideals, and the
anger we feel when threatened. This awareness is important because we
cannot truly know peace until we understand the many tendencies and
passions that threaten our ability to find it. Peace necessarily
includes, even as it transcends, all of our primal energy, much of
which has been expressed in ways that contradict peace.


Being at peace with ourselves is not about denying or rejecting any
part of ourselves. On the contrary, in order to be at peace we must be
willing and able to hold ourselves, in all our complexity, in a full
embrace that excludes nothing. This is perhaps the most difficult part
for many of us, because we want so much to disown the negative aspects
of our humanity. Ironically, though, true peace begins with a
willingness to take responsibility for our humanity so that we might
ultimately transform it in the light of our love.

posted on Sept 9, 2008 8:55 AM ()

Comments:

Great thoughts. Especially for the course that your life is currently taking.
comment by kissy2008 on Sept 10, 2008 12:25 PM ()

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