A Powerful Thought … A Simple Practice

 Here’s a powerful doorway into peace that you can use every day and share with others. 

Universally everyone enjoys peace.  Really it isn’t  too much to ask for, when we ask for peace. Why then does peace seem so elusive? And why aren’t we all having more and more days of feeling peaceful? How can you have the peace that you deserve on a daily basis?

Ancient divine knowledge tells us that peace is at the very core of every soul!  Just like love, purity, and joy, peace is a quality of the soul….peace is our true, inner nature!  

Without peace, there is no lasting happiness. So why do we seem to lose our peace so easily and then turn outward to seek it? And why is there a need to proclaim we have a right to pursue happiness, if it is all on the inside?

Essentially most of us have gotten separated from our pure inner world and totally distracted by the attractions and repulsions of the outer world.  In the outer world the peace that can be found is temporary and short-lived; the same is true for external happiness and love!  

So how does one reclaim their inner bearings?  How do we live from an inner domain of peace, intrinsic love, and with the pure happiness and contentment that can be seen in the wise?  

The simplest method of reclaiming inner access to peace and contentment is to deeply recognize that I already am what I’m searching for! And the simplest way to do that is to re-vision yourself as a being of peace. This is what is meant by “CLAIMING IT”.

In the ancient and divine language of Sanskrit there is a simple expression to assist us to reclaim the peace that we are…it is~ Om Shanti.  Om means I am a soul.  Shanti means peace or quiet.  Together they are a doorway into your original and eternal state of peace.

                                        OM SHANTI –  I AM A PEACEFUL SOUL

How often have you thought of yourself in this way???

What thoughts do you usually carry around about yourself?

“I’m stressed, I’m upset, I’m nervous,  I need peace and quiet, I’m anxious,  I’m overwhelmed”….Sound familiar?

 How often do you talk to yourself and others like that?  To be aware and to check yourself creates the opportunity to change!  I invite you to begin checking how many times a day you catch yourself telling yourself or someone else about your peaceless state.  To change this dialogue, may take some doing.  But it is totally worth it!

 I heartily invite you to begin replacing the peaceless thoughts with the simple truth about you, the soul, several times a day.  Program yourself to wake up in the morning and bring the thought of Om Shanti into your awareness, right away, as your first thought of the day…  ‘I am a peaceful soul’ then hold on to it firmly and confidently in your mind for at least the first 5 minutes after rising.

Then choose specific times throughout the day, such as before you begin a new activity, or before drinking or eating- when you claim this new awareness of being a peaceful soul.

As you focus on this thought, notice how it gradually releases its essence into your consciousness /awareness and even affects other people and animals around you. 

With consistent practice, this thought of Om Shanti opens the inner doorway within the soul and brings your whole being into a deeper and deeper experience of peace.

While you are holding this thought, if other thoughts begin to arise to distract you, allow them to pass by, like clouds, without giving energy to them.  Just let go of the unwanted thoughts.

Know that you have a choice to invite peace in and that you can make it a habit over time.  Know that you have a choice as to what you will focus your attention on and allow the other thoughts that surface to be easily released from your mind. Release all thoughts that do not contribute to you melting into a state of peace.  Check, surrender, release, and change.  

It’s your mind, train it, direct it, feed it the truth, and it will become strong.

Reclaim your peace, reclaim your soul.

Whenever you feel distracted (and eventually, even when triggered),  take as many deep breaths as you need to return to peace by claiming the simple and true thought of your original essence:  Om Shanti: I am a peaceful soul.  Peace is my true nature. Talk to yourself sweetly and repeatedly in this way.

As you continue this practice, you can bring this awareness solidly into your everyday experience.   Slowly, but surely, you carry this awareness of your true nature of peace with you wherever you are and into whatever you are doing.  

                              It is you…You are Peace.  You own it. You are it!

To practice stabilizing in peaceful awareness, give yourself permission to stop often during the day for just a minute or 2 or 3  to affirm:  I am a peaceful soul~this is who I truly am, originally and eternally.  This is my deepest habit; I am an unlimited being of peace.

As you experience this more frequently, you will notice that peace is very contagious and has a wonderful effect on other souls remembering and experiencing their peace as well.  On and on, this peace spreads, grows, and radiates out from you to other souls and even to nature and the world. 

This is the very foundation stone of World Peace.  It lies inside of every man, woman, and child.

Nurture peace by meditating on it (even for short, but frequent moments) and claiming it to be yours…

This is a tried and true method for realizing your true nature and changing the world!!!

OM SHANTI