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Inner peace
What does inner peace really means? It
is a feature of the Evolved Self hood. It is well-known that
Eastern philosophy admits human beings are composed by two types
of self hood: less evolved and evolved. They have different names,
according to different schools of philosophy: Evolved Self hood,
Atman, etc.
Evolved Self hood is "the divine
sparkle" within us. It never dies out. When it dies out, both
physical and energetic body are destroyed, etc. ... But Evolved
Self hood is still "shaped" within other subtle bodies.
Then, they incarnate into another physical bodies.
Less evolved Self hood is a sum of concepts and
life principles we have already learned during this lifetime,
beginning from with the moment when we were born and ending at the
moment of speaking. It is a "shape" of the social
environment we were born in. Better said, it is the "touch"
of the social environment.
For reaching the Evolved Self hood, one should
first of all "destroy" less evolved self hood. We have
to disregard it and “to neglect it” by all means.
Therefore, we have used the term "to destroy". We cannot
reach the evolved Self hood since we are "led" by our
inner self hood and we guide our life according to all social
customs. We have to "listen" to that. It "calls on
us", helps us knowing it better. We want to know it and
follow its "guidelines" in order to reach it. But,
unfortunately, the guidelines contradict practical features and
social customs. We are not the subject of a test made by the
Evolved Self hood in order to see if we "deserve"
getting it. It is the only way to reach up to it. I shall give you
an example. We want to climb on the slope of Mount Fagaras, in
Romania (because we know it is a very beautiful place). We search
for information and find out that there are 3 or 4 possibilities
to go up there: by walking the road to Suru chalet, Negoiu or
Bilea, etc. ... But one must climb by foot - "to climb up the
mountain". Well...it is not very easy to do that. Many people
would say: "I cannot climb because it is too difficult for
me...". One will abandon the idea of climbing up Mount
Fagaras but they will wait until they might find an easier way.
Some will wait for an easier way. They are going to wait in vain,
because there is no such way. You cannot take a walk when you
climb up a hill or a mountain. That does not happen because the
mountain does not "want" you to reach its peaks faster,
but because those are the only means of access.
Well, I was talking about inner peace, not about
Evolved Self hood. But one cannot reach inner peace only by
becoming aware of the Evolved Self hood. Inner peace is a goal
itself, and for fulfilling it we should acknowledge it. Since we
cannot climb up Mount Fagaras by any other way, we fulfill our
inner peace only if we become aware of our Evolved Self hood.
We can fulfill our inner peace with the help of
certain psychic techniques. But in order to make it last forever
we have to acknowledge the existence of the Evolved Self hood.
Where does inner peace come from? It comes from
the deepest "layers" of our subconsciousness. It comes
deep within us, within our Self hood. Peace is always present
within our spirit, but we do not have enough time to become aware
of it. We are concerned with our financial state, concerned to see
what new products are on the market, what is new in one soap opera
on TV, etc. Of course, we want to fulfill our inner peace but
never "climb up a hill". That is impossible. As long as
our mind is the slave of our earthly desires, we would not be able
to get inner peace and enjoy it. We cannot enjoy it because we
have no time for it.
Therefore, the first step towards the inner peace
is to make time for it. We should spare 10-30 minutes a day
(preferably in the morning) from our daily routine and try
"feeling" the peace within. We should do it in the
morning because our awareness is not “disturbed" by our
daily routine. In other words, we are calm and think clear.
I have a proposition for you: you should play a
game. You can play it any time you have a spare moment... Let us
presume you meet the golden fish and he wants to fulfill you three
wishes...not more than three...and then, he disappears. You can
answer very quickly: a car, a spouse, and so on. And your three
wishes were gone... You go home, you get in the car and drive away
with your spouse - the man/woman of your dreams. But you run out
of gas. Bad luck! You have no money left...because you did not ask
the fish for money...or else you had to give up to one of your
wishes... Which one?
Time goes by, and once you grow old, you
decide to live in the mountains like a hermit, since you have had
enough of the city throng. If you had known that, you would have
asked for a mountain chalet. Of course, you can sell the chalet
and buy another... Well, there are no real chalets but only
"hovels" in the area that you prefer...
You got the
idea, didn't you?... The fish is expecting you should decide
on your "best three wishes"...once and for all.
Those wishes you shall never regret or wish to change.
Well!!!!
How many of us would have asked for "inner peace", in
that case?
Do you know when you was the closest to "inner
peace"? When you answered : "Inner peace then, ..arr,
let me think about it...a house and a car".
If you
wish it for the sake of it, you are far from fulfilling it.
I have answered to your third question. When shall
we have "inner peace"? When we want it "with all
our hearts". Until then, we taste it little by little, but we
cannot feel it within ourselves. But it is not enough to wish for
it. We should be able to do it. The simple desire does not provide
us with peace. In order to fulfill it, we have "to
struggle". We have to "climb up the hill."
At the beginning of the text, I told you about
"destroying" the inferior self hood. That was mentioned
in different religions or spiritual means, except for those we
used to shape into different ways. It is the same thing.
Christian religion refers to the second coming of
Jesus. Are we sure we do not talk about the same phenomenon? We
should give up to or “destroy”
the old social system of values. We should also build up another
one, relying on different grounds: referring to the Evolved Self
hood.
Certain spiritual means refer to "totally abandon yourself
to Divinity". Is it not the same thing abandon your
desires, the desires of the subconsciousness, and trying to reach
to the divine desires?
by Radu Stãnciulescu
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