Inner peace
Do you have inner peace? If yes, how do you achieve it? If not, here is a way on how you can make inner peace. Some of us may not know what inner peace refers. Well, inner peace refers to the state of being psychologically and spiritually calm and being free from stressful situations. Inner peace may get achieved through yoga practices, prayers, meditation, and chanting.
Engaging one in these spiritual activities goes hand in hand with acquiring inner peace. As quoted, “Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the sons of God”. Being in a prayer session makes one be peaceful and forget all their troubles. It brings the mind into a calmer situation and helps relieve oneself. Prayers make you feel at ease and strengthen your relationship with God.
Meditating means calming things. Meditation helps you see that the things stressing you are not such a big deal. While meditating, one can create and concentrate on a single thought that makes them comfortable and let go of all other ideas that may be stressing you. Meditating makes you relieved and frees you from unnecessary thoughts.
Yoga practices are simply body exercises. These exercises may either be physical, mental, or spiritual. Yoga practices relax the body, help in loss of weight increases the flexibility of the body, reducing injury occurrences.
Chanting is involving yourself in musical practices such as humming, singing praise songs and soft music. Inner peace is attained through chanting as when one is engaged in humming, similar to meditation, the brain concentrates on one thought, pushing away others that ae viable to causing stress.
After successful practices, reach out by giving back to the community. Involve yourself in voluntary services which will play a part in helping to let go of what is disturbing and focus on what is building you. Become a member of a group that concentrates on doing charity work. You can also create a group where you visit children homes and nursing homes and teach some of the practices on how to achieve inner peace.
For me, I involved myself in yoga classes, meditation, chanting, and prayers. It was an excellent experience for me as I felt relieved and had a chance to interact with other people more, so let go of my worries. After this, I started a group where we visited children’s homes and nursing homes. We would spend a day there, do their laundry, cook for them, and later involve them in a few exercises. It played a vital role in restoring people’s inner peace.
Work cited:
Kraft, Kenneth, ed. Inner peace, world peace: Essays on Buddhism and nonviolence. SUNY Press, 1992. Savel, Richard H., and Cindy L. Munro. “Quiet the mind: mindfulness, meditation, and the search for inner peace.” (2017): 433-436.