Finding Peace

Good Morning,

Sitting in my flat here, in the middle of the CBD, all I hear around me is noise. Cars and trucks moving up and down. Hooters being put to their best use. Brakes being tested. People shouting. Its mayhem out there. Yes it alive, but its just crazy!!!

However, I make one other observation. That while total chaos goes on, on the outside…I sit still, in the lounge, literally on the inside. The only noise being the traffic of a few unwanted thoughts.

I could easily allow the chaos to drive me to feel anxious, annoyed & frustrated! How do I meditate with this noise! Damn these people! OR I could detach from the story in my head. Instead of allowing people outside me, circumstances outside me to dictate how I feel, to dictate my experience…I could bring the focus to me, focusing on each breath I take. Feeling my heart pump life force through my veins. Feel the subtle energy of aura around me.
Suddenly, the noise on the outside begins to quieten. Peace fills my being. I become the calmness I seek.

Why let the stories in out head control how we think and feel? Why let the NOISE of circumstances and people take away our freedom; Freedom of peace. Bring the attention back to you. Own your thoughts. Own your feelings.

Peace is the stillness between thoughts. The place where no thought exists.
When you no longer are plagued with thoughts of ” DO something, BE someone or HAVE something.” It is when you just are. No story. No people. No situation.

You can experience peace right now. Focus completely on breathing in. Notice the journey of the breath. Into your nose. Through yourr nostrils, down your neck, into your lungs, feel it reaching your abdomen.
Now focus completely on the journey of the breath out.

You mind can only entertain 1 thought at a time. Focusing on breathing, means it cannot think of anything else.

So you can’t think of a pink elephant and think of work.

Unless you think of a pink elephant at work with you

Love,
H