The invisible pieces of Peace

47 48 49 & finally ……… 50. As I was gradually reaching the last bend of this count, I sensed some enormous satisfaction from within. The triumph wasn’t only about successfully completing the 50 stomach crunches it somehow got registered as one of the feel good factors in my mind. After the state of mental or physical achievement what remained behind was ultimate peace. And that made my evening, it really helped me to think clearly. There are some moments in your day which works as a miracle, when they occur they manifest some sort of revelation. It felt as if I had conquered some challenge which worked like a breakthrough. Even my other hidden gifts have been illuminated. Unleashing this side of you can be so alluring & it surely helps to strengthen your self-worth. And whatever guides you to connect intently to your inner self, gradually leads you to peace.  

 

Wow, all this while my belief was fixed that peace can be attained by meditation, by some sort of spiritual practices or by reading such stuff or may be joining a forum that teaches you about how to better connect with self. Now all these sources are all around us these days. And so many people find them so beneficiary. They are certainly; I don’t deny that fact, I respect them because in their own way they are helping the world to find peace.  However this workout experience made me see the never seen before. Peace isn’t something that can be found in only the ways I have known so far. Yes these ways are well known and workable, but that doesn’t mean one has to be only limited to these sources. I mean I might ask or in fact I have asked this so many times that how do you concentrate on your breathing while you mediate, as I tend to lose my focus every now and then. I have even discussed this issue with my friends who meditate on a regular basis. They gave some great suggestions according to their knowledge & experience. And I tried following it in order to learn how to meditate and then find inner peace. I am not sure how far it worked though, it surely felt nice to implement their tips.

 

Nevertheless this new discovery pushed me to think beyond the conventional concepts of finding peace. Look at us, in a life full of chaos, stress, workload, responsibilities etc. most of us find it tough to either set some time aside for activities like meditation or we are bombarded with so much information that we get confused which one should be followed!

 

Hence when this little thought struck me, I immediately decided to share it with everyone who might find it helpful. And as deeply I pondered, this finding itself brought some sort of peace to my mind.

 

So here’s what happened in my head, as I was excited about the ‘workout’ combined with ‘peace finding’ therapy it drew my attention to different activities in a day. Basically I just played my routine and tried searching if I ever had felt the same way by any other task. I had become very inquisitive to find answers to several questions popping in my head. As I went on with that mysterious notion, I couldn’t believe it but I did find a lot of similar activities like workout.

When I finish my procrastinated training project, or when I cook some innovative snacks for my loved ones, grooming my pet, watching my favorite television series, the brisk walking in the evening, reading that interesting chapter of my current novel, having a heart to heart conversation with a friend, pampering myself at home, indulging into some lip smacking delicacies, having hot chocolate at my favorite coffee shop, making that most awaited trip to some exotic destination, resting in mom’s arms, watching the sunset or the crescent moon, smoking a joint after a long time and tripping over that enigmatic state. And the list goes on and on. I am sure there are many more which I can’t even recall right now. All I want to say is these different routine experiences might carry a feeling of accomplishment, fascination, serenity, happiness, satisfaction, or excitement at first but as these moments come to an end all the above emotions get transformed into peace. Maybe all of this brings me closer to myself, the real me. And that’s why it becomes apparent that this is where I have to reach ultimately. It’s like every time I have one of these experiences I visit that inner peace in smaller pieces. These various moments show me the glimpses of that immense paradise. These beautiful elements of life have great value and hence we must make them our priority as it leads us to our best path.

 

It’s just the matter of introspecting. Once you are able to identify these precious moments of your life, it automatically solves most of the doubts in your head. You realize that everything has a reason and every incidence has a meaning. You no longer wait for someone else to solve your problem, because you realize that another person can only be there as a guide but to see that route which is meant for you is only up to you to find. Everything is connected and there’s nothing irrelevant happens in our lives. All these lessons meant to proceed towards our purpose of life. It unfolds so naturally that it’s miraculous.

 

And this is how I can certainly say that peace is scattered all around us. It can be hidden in these varied experiences. It wouldn’t occur to you so easily, but living through these moments definitely meant to direct you towards peace. As it’s so clear that at the end of it there is this inexplicable stillness which fills up your mind. It could be anything, any situation good or bad, once it’s over completely there is a long silence which is motionless. This is the real moment of peace. You no longer chase it, it’s always there,  present in front of you. Mostly we fail to realize this due to the conceptual definitions of our beliefs.

 

Nonetheless this new theory has personally helped me a lot to become calm. It might sound odd but it certainly worked. May be it wouldn’t be harmful to look at peace from this perspective. By connecting it to everything that we do, we would be getting closer to it, understand it better. And as life goes on with such instances so would peace. Hence there’s certainly no end to it, as it follows in a parallel way.

 

Here’s hoping all of us to find peace through any convenient sources feasible to us. And the invisible pieces like these are truly magnificent.