| Building your own inner peace is as important as | | | | Whatever inspires you to get off that "automatic |
| eating a good diet and getting the right exercise. | | | | pilot" mode will mostly likely be different than |
| Ads everywhere tell you about necessity of | | | | what inspires your neighbors or friends. There is |
| eating a balance diet and enough exercise to | | | | no right or wrong moment to be inspired. You can |
| reduce your risk of this disease or that one. Have | | | | easily identify someone who is living in their inner |
| you seen any ads lately to promote good ole | | | | peace because they are living a life based on |
| peace and quiet? You don't have to buy that | | | | harmony. |
| from a shelf or get an expensive consultation to | | | | When all else fails, put this into play - remember |
| achieve it. Unless you forgot how. It's so easy to | | | | you have a harmonious divine plan in your heart. |
| get caught up in living life by the senses: touching, | | | | Disengage your sense filled moment and settle |
| seeing, hearing, and tasting. It's takes inner | | | | into who you are by searching your heart and |
| strength to accomplish genuine peace and quiet in | | | | Soul. |
| your heart and Soul because gratifying the senses | | | | Forgetting |
| doesn't make inner peace. | | | | Everything is |
| Inner strength is a virtue. It's the opposite of | | | | All |
| getting carried away with the stimulation of the | | | | Right |
| outside world and that is what the majority of | | | | Knowledge is power. I'm not talking about the |
| people do. Living by the senses is a superficial life. | | | | power that is used to manipulate other people or |
| You are the only person who can create your | | | | even circumstances. This power has nothing to do |
| inner strength. The beauty is that as you obtain it | | | | with the enemies of the heart: lust, greed, anger, |
| no one can take it from you. It has lasting, | | | | jealously, or fear. This kinda power is only |
| beneficial effects that cultivate your awareness in | | | | available when your vision is filled with |
| many different areas of your life - who you are | | | | compatibility, when you are filled with the |
| at many levels. True inner peace is not dependent | | | | understanding that you are part of the whole. |
| on any religious dogma, political system, or your | | | | As you let go of fear you take back your power. |
| network of friends on Twitter and Facebook. | | | | To do this you have to consciously shift your |
| Inner strength is cultivated by growing your | | | | awareness: |
| awareness of who you are. | | | | - from seeing what is missing, to seeing what is |
| Growing this awareness isn't dependent on | | | | present |
| anything or anybody. The seed to sprout is your | | | | - from the feeling of separation, to the feeling of |
| authentic desire to be happy with yourself. As | | | | connectedness |
| odd as that sounds, you'd better take a look and | | | | - from the understanding that you are alone, to |
| see, are you willing to release your negative | | | | the understanding that you are divine |
| thoughts and behaviors to make room for peace | | | | We all know there are appropriate times to be |
| and joy? You must move beyond the surface | | | | fearful. At those moments being fearful helps us |
| fascination habits and behaviors that is bred by | | | | make the right decisions. I'm not talking about that |
| being absorbed in life outside your heart in order | | | | sort of justified fear. The fear I'm speaking to is |
| to build your awareness. | | | | the unsubstantiated experiences of fear, anxiety, |
| That fascination can prove to be a bit tricky. | | | | and depression that rise up based on external |
| Many people get stuck in assuming that discussing | | | | circumstances. You know if you are a fearful |
| opinions and comparing prices is maximizing the | | | | person or not. My disclaimer is this, always seek |
| power of their brain. In reality, those functions of | | | | qualified medical advice for medical conditions. I'm |
| thinking are not on the scale of accumulating | | | | not offering medical advice here. |
| knowledge. For example, there is so much | | | | Here are my two favorite resources that explain |
| agreement that studying the characteristics of | | | | how fear is learned and how it can be overcome. |
| emotions helps understand who you really are. | | | | 1. Science Daily |
| Instead, to really get a handle on you - you have | | | | This article discusses research on how fear is |
| to understand what you are creating; you must | | | | learned. It also points out that fear is recorded |
| imbibe that emotions are your indicators of your | | | | genetically in the mind. |
| "present" moment and not the totality of you. | | | | 2. Evolve Your Brain: The Science of Changing |
| You are a powerful creator. The trouble is the | | | | Your Mind by Joe Dispenza |
| cultures and traditions we are living are dumbing | | | | This amazing book uses research to point out |
| us down. Instead of living the inherent power that | | | | that fear is leaned. Joe also takes time to explain |
| resides in our heart and Souls, we spend our lives | | | | how, with research, any fear can be unlearned. |
| driven by reoccurring thoughts from reactions to | | | | When all else fails, instead of being overwhelmed |
| circumstances. What you feel and experience in | | | | with anxiety or depression, take a few deep |
| this moment and the next moment can be | | | | breaths. Reaffirm your commitment to |
| modified by you. The first step, take yourself off | | | | discovering a new path in life that leaves you |
| the "automatic pilot" mode and take steps to | | | | feeling uplifted, happy, and fulfilled. You are a |
| define your inner peace. | | | | creator, whatever you have the sincere desire to |
| Knowledge is the foundation for health, wealth, | | | | find, it will show up. This doesn't happen overnight, |
| happiness, and wisdom. Medications and | | | | but it does happen with your continued heartfelt |
| entertainment don't have lasting benefits for your | | | | effort. Release the ideas that don't fit onto your |
| mind, heart, or Soul. Conversely, taking the time | | | | new path. Keep your eyes and heart open for |
| and effort to examine your thoughts and | | | | fresh perspectives and grab hold of them. Make it |
| emotions, instead of just accepting them as they | | | | your mission to uncover what amplifies your inner |
| rise to the surface of your being, is a noble move | | | | peace. |
| that builds your fundamental awareness of you. | | | | May your life be free from fear, anxiety, and |
| Each of us has our divine essence that dwells in | | | | depression. |
| our heart. How we discover that majestic | | | | May you allow your desire for joy and satisfaction |
| presence is up to us and is our unique path. | | | | to spring forth from your heart and Soul. |