Peace of mind is a state of mental and
emotional calmness, with no worries, fears or
stress. In this state, the mind is quiet, and
you experience a sense of happiness and
freedom.
Such peaceful moments are not so rare. You
have experienced them in the past, at times
when you were engaged in some kind of an
absorbing or interesting activity. Here are a
few examples:
Watching an entertaining movie or TV
program.
Being in the company of someone you
love.
Being absorbed in reading a book.
Lying on the sand at the beach.
On vacation, when you experience some
sort of mental numbness, forgetting
your work and day-to-day-life.
In deep asleep, when you are not aware
of anything.
Such activities, and similar ones, take away
the mind from its usual thoughts and worries,
replacing them with an experience of inner
peace.
The question is, how to bring more peace of
mind into our life, and more importantly, how
to experience it in times of difficulties and
ordeals.
You might also ask, whether it is possible to
turn it into a habit, and enjoy it always and
under all circumstances. Actually, there are a
few things you can do to enjoy more peace in
your life.
Ensuring Peace of Mind
1. Minimize the time you spend on reading
newspapers or watching the news on
TV. Since most of the news are
negative news, and you cannot do
anything about them, why should you
think about them and feel stressed and
anxious?
2. Stay away from negative conversations
and from negative people. You don't
want their thoughts and words to sink
into your subconscious mind and affect
your moods and state of mind.
3. Don't hold grudges. Learn to forget and
forgive. Nurturing ill feelings and
grievances hurts you and causes lack of
sleep.
4. Don't be jealous of others. Jealousy
means that you have low self-esteem,
and therefore, consider yourself inferior
to others. Jealousy and low self esteem,
often, lead to lack of peace of mind.
5. Accept what cannot be changed. This
saves a lot of time, energy and worries.
Every day, we face numerous
inconveniences, irritations and
situations that are beyond our control.
If we can change them, that's fine, but
this is not always possible. We must
learn to put up with such things and
accept them cheerfully.
6. Don't dwell on the past. The past is not
here anymore, so why think about it?
Let bygones be gone. Forget the past
and focus on the present moment.
There is no need to evoke unpleasant
memories and get immersed in them.
7. Learn to be more patient and tolerant
with family, friends, co-workers,
employees, and everyone else.
8. Don't take everything too personally. A
certain degree of emotional and mental
detachment is very helpful. On many
occasions, it would be useful to inject a
certain measure of detachment and non
involvement. This would bring into your
life more peace, harmony and common
sense.
9. Learn to focus your mind. When you
can focus your mind, you can more
easily reject worries and anxieties,
refuse to think negative thoughts, and
reduce the constant chatter of your
mind.
10. Meditation is not everyone's cup of tea,
but if you have the time, and are willing
to try it, even just a few minutes a day
will make a difference in your life. You
will become more peaceful, relaxed and
happy.
Inner peace eventually, leads to external
peace. By creating peace in your inner world,
in your mind, you bring it into your external
world, and into other people's lives.
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