happiness
The Pursuit Of Happiness And
Peace
What is happiness? How do you
get more of it? One way is to add peace to your life.
Peace? What with the problems every day we
see in the world on the news, and with the struggle to stay ahead, and the
anxiety and stress we have to deal with due to the circumstances of our
lives, peace seems like it is rarely available to us.
Yet precisely for these reasons peace is such a valuable thing to feel in
our lives. A little peace can go a long way to reducing struggle and worry
in our lives. It can add tremendously to the quality of our lives. It can
make a difference in our well being and reduce stress and anxiety.
One of the things you can learn to do is give yourself peace. Instead of
wait for it, instead of hope for it, you can actually give it to yourself
regularly. You don't have to wait for the circumstances of your life to line
up just right so you can relax and feel peace.
Giving yourself peace is simple. One way we'll focus on now takes just three
to five minutes a day. On your own journey of self growth can you give
yourself three minutes a day to harness the power of peace in your life?
This is the simple practice, often called "peacefully remaining." For 3
minutes you sit quietly and simply "peacefully remain" with whatever shows
up in your consciousness. You can do this at home, in your car before
getting out to go to an appointment, you can do it at lunch at work.
Whenever.
For these 3 minutes, you allow or remain peacefully with ANY thoughts you
are having. You don't try to change them or resist them. You allow whatever
feelings and emotions you are having as well. You just notice them and allow
them. No trying to make them different. Whatever arises in your awareness
you aim to allow it to be there without struggling or resistance.
As a general rule, we human beings are unconsciously at war with what is. We
are usually trying to resist or change our experience. We struggle with our
thoughts and emotions, trying to have good ones and get rid of bad ones. For
3 minutes, you simply practice allowing things to be the way they are. You
just breathe and notice and let things be okay just as they arise in your.
Give yourself a few minutes of peace a day and see what happens. If you want
to make the world a more peaceful place, start with yourself.
Pursuit of Happiness action steps:
1. How much peace do you feel now in
your life?
2. Can you accept and allow your own
internal processes? Can you for a few minutes a day stop trying to
change and manipulate your thoughts and feelings?
The good news is that there are well over
100 insights that are easy to understand that can shift your way of being
towards more happiness with some simple focus and attention. Insights
that can add to your well being and add up to a life fully lived.
Go here for a free course on a
number of insights that can add to the quality of
your life. And it just could be that any insights that add
to the quality of your life amount to a kind of happiness that is most
fulfilling.
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