Can inner peace be as simple as letting go, and resting under the shade of an old tree?
Can practices of Pray, Zen, concentration, forgiveness, true love, etc, lead to inner peace?
What different Holy Books say on this subject?
Can we find inner peace mentally and spiritually, while our physics do not?
Is there causal correlation between individual inner peace and an average World Peace?
Are Kindness, Mercy and Justice with all types of creatures (human, animal, vegetable…) lead to inner peace and its stability?
Are the presence of sleep disorder, stress, anxiety and depression meaning that the inner peace is very affected and very perturbed?
Does the respect of rules, laws, religions, principles and values increase the inner peace?
Some say that:
"Inner peace means that you are in harmony with the universe. A person is a soul in a human body; you get your inner peace when you take care of your soul as well as your body. In our customs, the atheism never leads to the inner peace.".
Is it true ?
When we are really satisfied to our destiny, we can feel a real deep and permanent inner peace. We cannot express it. It's the most stable energy level! The entropy minimum!
Some say that:
"Inner peace means that you are in harmony with the universe. A person is a soul in a human body; you get your inner peace when you take care of your soul as well as your body. In our customs, the atheism never leads to the inner peace.".
Is it true ?
I agree with the precedent comments.
In our customs, the inner peace is like jewelry, it's very expensive for possess it.
The path taken to find inner peace is as hard or simple as a person makes the journey of self acceptance to be and satisfactory of destiny.
For me, the inner peace starts from the happiness for me, my family, my country and the world.
This is a good question with many possible answers. The answers already given demonstrate some of the many paths to inner peace.
@Noureddine Ouerfelli: The path taken to find inner peace is as hard or simple as a person makes the journey of self acceptance to be and satisfactory of destiny.
A related part of this incisive observation hearkens back to Socrates's advice: know thy self. It is important to have an adequate knowledge of selfhood to make it possible to confront problems. It is important to have reasonable expectations and a good grasp of our capabilities (inner strengths) in choosing problems that we have the potential to solve. And being successful in problem-solving leads to self-satisfaction and a measure of inner peace.
@James F Peters:
It's really a very Good Answer, it's true,
There are numerous possibilities of answers. We can see it to different angles, axis, cultures, ethics, religions, psychology, politics, etc.
The question of real and sustainable world peace concerns human beings, so basic human feelings are also at its roots. Through inner peace, world real and sustainable peace can be achieved. In this, the importance of individual responsibility is outright clear; an atmosphere of peace must first be created within ourselves, then progressively expanded to include our colleagues, families, our communities, and ultimately the whole World and Planet.
Dear all,
Peace, either of the mind or physical is the orderly and coherent or harmonious existence of things in all perceived dimensions of space and time. Inner peace therefore is the peace of the mind, the mind with the power of consciousness in collaboration with the rules of thinking and reasoning of the brain, what we are conscious off from within or from without, near or far that challenges our intellect to search for solutions or reasons if not, contribute to the formation or distraction of peace of our mind or inner peace.
The type and stability of inner peace depends on the degree in which we perceive problems and causes of it and our ability to reason. In most cases therefore creating an inner peace is not an easy task but always possible to minimize by reasoning, as to why and how such things happen that way or this way, why such things could not be done the right way( as right in non scientific discourse is relative - what is right for one might be absolutely wrong to the other) and knowing this relativism creates some kind of peace.
Things in science do not create the kind of disturbances the mind suffers from as we all know there is only truth in science unlike things that are non scientific, where truth is almost relative at times local to the extent of being personal.
Others see that inner peace is deeper than peace of mind. It's like the third and fourth dimension or the absolute and the relative!
The peace of mind refers to a state of being mentally and spiritually at peace, with enough knowledge and understanding to keep oneself strong in the face of discord or stress. Being at peace is considered by many to be spiritual and psychic healthy and the reciprocal of being disturbed, troubled, stressed or anxious. Peace of mind is generally correlated with satisfaction, bliss, happiness, felicity and contentment.
We have the true inner peace even if we are very angry, very sick, in the state of war, worry, fear and grief...
This is the lowest level of "stability". We live the total and permanent happiness whatever our internal or external conditions and states!
People have difficulties embracing their inner spirituality because the everyday stressors get the best of them and finding peace and happiness in the little joys of life can seem like a lot of work, and results don’t seem all that gratifying. Achieving spirituality is a step-by-step process; there are ways through which you can get more spiritual every day.
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Finding peace within is a wonderful but also a difficult thing. It is easy to go looking for it in the wrong places.
“He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.” Marcus Aurelius
“Possession of material riches, without inner peace, is like dying of thirst while bathing in a lake.” Paramahansa Yogananda.
In light of the political complexities and the narrow interests of the countries I do not think we will find inner peace only in our dreams. But always keep hoping that we reform ourselves, and find real social justice system.
Dear Fikrat,
A very descriptive image for source of inner peace- a capacity in creating balance!
From Literature1:
1. Simplify.
“The simplification of life is one of the steps to inner peace. A persistent simplification will create an inner and outer well-being that places harmony in one’s life.”
Peace Pilgrim
Making thing simpler has certainly brought a lot of inner peace to my life. So, a few of my favorite suggestions on how to simplify your life:
Use a limited to-do list. Only 2 or 3 of the most important things.
Set limits. Set limits for daily checking of in-boxes. I do it only once a day. Set time limits for small decisions and make them within seconds after you have thought about them to avoid procrastination and over thinking. Set time limits for tasks such as 15 minutes each day for answering emails or for using Twitter. Set a limit for commitments and say no to be able to feel less stress and produce better results.
Remember to “keep things extremely simple”. I have written down that sentence on my white board and it is a daily and constant reminder that helps me when I lose my way.
From Literature2:
2. Accept.
“Acceptance of others, their looks, their behaviors, their beliefs, bring you an inner peace and tranquility – instead of anger and resentment.”
Unknown
When you accept what is you stop feeding energy into resisting what is. You don’t make a problem more powerful and sticky in your mind. Instead, somewhat counter intuitively, when you accept what is it loses much of its power. It just is.
And you feel stillness inside. Now, accepting what is doesn’t mean to give up. It just means that you put yourself in a better position take action if necessary. Because now you can see more clearly, you can focus your energy towards what you want and take the appropriate action to change your situation.
From Literature3:
3. Forgive.
“Inner peace can be reached only when we practice forgiveness. Forgiveness is letting go of the past, and is therefore the means for correcting our misperceptions.” Gerald Jampolsky
By accepting what is it is much easier to let go of things and to forgive what has happened.
Forgiveness is important because as long as you don’t forgive someone you are linked to that person. Your thoughts will return to the person who wronged you and what s/he did over and over again. The emotional link between the two of you is so strong and inflicts much suffering in you and – as a result of your inner turmoil – most often in other people around you too.
When you forgive you do not only release the other person. You set yourself free too from all of that agony.
One thing to keep in mind is to not just forgive others but also yourself. By forgiving yourself – instead of resenting yourself for something you did a week or 10 years ago – you make the habit of forgiveness more and more of a natural part of you. And so forgiving others becomes easier too.
Also, what you think is a question of forgiving others you may sometimes – after some time and inner struggle – discover is just as much, if not more, about forgiving yourself rather than the other person.
From Literature4:
4. Do what you enjoy.
“Never continue in a job you don’t enjoy. If you’re happy in what you’re doing, you’ll like yourself, you’ll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you’ll have more success than you could possibly have imagined.”
Roger Caras
When you do what you enjoy there is a natural peace that arises within. You are in alignment with your outer world. This also leads to a lot more success than if you have a lot of inner turmoil and really don’t care that much for your work.
One of my favorite tips for finding things you enjoy or love doing is simply to explore life. To be curious and try things out and see what you think of them. This can bring many insights both about yourself and about how things really are when you do them rather than when they are just theories floating around in your head.
If you have read my e-book The 7 Timeless Habits of Happiness then you know that there is a whole chapter in it about finding and doing what you love with exercises and tips for further reading. So if you haven’t checked out the book yet, go to this page for instructions on how to get you own free copy.
From Literature5:
5. Be careful with your inner peace.
“Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.”
St. Francis de Sales
By using the tips above and by living in the present moment you can find a lot more inner peace. Not only during days when things go as planned. But also on days when your world is upset and things aren’t so easy. On such days your inner peace will be very useful to help you make good decisions and to get things done. So be smart, stay calm and be careful with your inner peace.
Inner peace means complete synchronize with fitrah. What is fitrah? Fitrah is nothing but the way of life which Alimighty has revealed on us. Thus Obeying Almighty in each of our action in day today life and be sure of His acceptance will give complete inner peace. "Ala Bi Dhikrillahi tatmainnal quloob" “Truly, only through the Remembrance of Allah do hearts find peace” (Quran 13:28),
Dear Ms. Nada,
According to Indian tradition, one will get inner piece only after self-realization. First of all, we should find the purpose of our birth. Every human being born with a specific purpose....for more details you must study philosophy.
More we love other, more we have inner peace.
More we forgive other, more we are benefit to other, more, ...
I think very easy. You should to be honest with yourself and others.
Tibetan Buddhists say the best way to get inner peace is to empty your mind time to time. And it's not an easy thing; once I was in a retreat, for hours we meditated in silence and suddenly Rimpoche screamed a single word and we all could realize how many hidden thoughts into silence, how our brain was lying to our meditation and how stupidly jabberer it turns trying to mate infinity he dislikes. But once you get it, you can always easily go back to the empty state, which is incredibly relaxing.
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