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Are you good at finding Peace?
#27127615 - 01/05/21 06:36 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Like the title says, Do you practice?
Do you practice tranquility? Are you able to find acceptance of reality? Can you let go? Self-mastery?
I've been practicing, and I think it's been improving my quality of life. Moving through the world with intent, and my actions reflect my morals and objectives.
Anyways, I have a place that I like go to everyday and spend some quiet time alone. I think about who I am and who I want to be, what I want to to. I am going to start journaling more effectively, that was a good thing while I had it going. Gave me real direction.
Anyone else into this? Have some tips?
Peace
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Re: Are you good at finding Peace? [Re: anatomality]
#27127622 - 01/05/21 06:43 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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I wish. My life sucks. Just posting for the sake of it.
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Re: Are you good at finding Peace? [Re: Pinkerton]
#27127635 - 01/05/21 06:52 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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I mean, you could do it. It's totally free.
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Re: Are you good at finding Peace? [Re: anatomality]
#27127710 - 01/05/21 08:19 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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I am terrible at it unless I deliberately follow my breath and then that takes care of the situation, but me myself, usually fraught, trying to figure out things, struggling, then the breathing reset.
lately especially, I can get too excited about nothing while reading some old book and I have to just walk around a bit then do some relaxing breathing and take in a more complete scene, contact, posture, mental contents, breath etc.
it calms down itself when I do that.
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anatomality
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I have a hard time using technology with purpose. It's so easy to just fucking refresh my novelty machine, and lose huge chunks of my life.
:/ I need to work on that.
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redgreenvines said: I am terrible at it unless I deliberately follow my breath and then that takes care of the situation, but me myself, usually fraught, trying to figure out things, struggling, then the breathing reset.
lately especially, I can get too excited about nothing while reading some old book and I have to just walk around a bit then do some relaxing breathing and take in a more complete scene, contact, posture, mental contents, breath etc.
it calms down itself when I do that.
It sounds like you are very self aware, that's awesome. A lot of the time I don't even realize I am fucking worked up about nothing.
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Re: Are you good at finding Peace? [Re: anatomality] 1
#27127754 - 01/05/21 08:49 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Life not being perfect and not having everything exactly the way I want is potentially and often stressful. One POV I take is being okay with not being okay. It means not having an expectation that there will be a time when everything is perfect. It means stress in itself isn't a "problem". It's just a motivating factor in my desires. It means being patient doesn't have to have a sublime feeling, though when I give myself permission for such things to not be perfect I do tend to get a sublime feeling about it.
I do belly breathing for short periods. Some people are probably not aware that the naval is a chakra and that there is a corresponding back chakra. It's not considered a major chakra because it's not an emotive outlet, but it's pretty major in it's own way and easily acceptable. A person can get some really good calming effects by doing belly breathing and focusing on both the front and back. It can feel good just focusing on the front but can get trippy in a good way when the back is involved too. It reminds me of the same effort involved to lucid dream where less is more but there needs to be a specific amount of focus and then in a moment everything can change in a way that wasn't expected.
A lot of peace is in social relations, and learning to be a more effective listener and communicator can help facilitate that. I've learned that I've held many assumptions about what effective communication is and the strategies I choose can be at times condescending, prying, assumptive, etc. Sometimes direct is good, sometimes direct is bad. Sometimes direct can seem bad when it's good and good when it seems bad. Communication is truly an art and it's something that can always be improved on and the better one is at it the more peace one will find in their relationships, whether it's with co-workers, friends, family, lovers, etc.
Creating the setting for harmony can include not putting too much on one's plate. Time management gets more important the more responsibility one chooses to accept. Being able to create effective schedules and have a plan for the day, executing the plan without putting things off, creates a "good tired" at the end of the day.
Having clean living and work quarters may seem superficial and the whole "cleanliness is godliness" meme can be off putting but a tidy area is highly conducive to comfort.
Getting some exercise, keeping the sugar/carb count down while getting plenty of fat and protein is helpful. Low fat diets can thin the fatty tissue covering nerve endings and cause a person to be more sensitive. Despite all the health issues that go with it studies have proven that over weight people are more relaxed and I suspect that has something to do with it. It's possible to get that benefit without getting fat.
And then there's death. It's going to happen, to myself and the people I care about. Learning to be okay with that is a long process and a conversation within itself.
-------------------- rahz comfort pleasure power love truth awareness peace "You’re not looking close enough if you can only see yourself in people who look like you." —Ayishat Akanbi
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Re: Are you good at finding Peace? [Re: Rahz]
#27127936 - 01/05/21 10:48 AM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Rhaz you are sweeping a wide swath with that navel blast (note I accept "navel" as a valid chakkra as well as the tip of the nose, or 3rd eye, [or even where fingers touch thumb,] while "naval" involves ships and sailors who certainly do have belly buttons usually - but the wide swath did not also include your military disposition.)
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That was a beautiful write up. Thank you.
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Re: Are you good at finding Peace? [Re: anatomality]
#27151401 - 01/16/21 12:23 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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Peace is ok. False state of peace I don't desire. Being unable to combat globak issues drives me to level of inner peace and where is your crown, king nothing? That is a place where I live. Now I fight again, but differently. Now lack of any real achievements don't shadow my peace. Because I have found that I believe in Shadow World. Basically bigger Universe brings me peace. Prison causes issues.
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Re: Are you good at finding Peace? [Re: anatomality] 1
#27151470 - 01/16/21 12:58 PM (3 years, 1 month ago) |
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anatomality said: Like the title says, Do you practice?
Do you practice tranquility? Are you able to find acceptance of reality? Can you let go? Self-mastery?
I've been practicing, and I think it's been improving my quality of life. Moving through the world with intent, and my actions reflect my morals and objectives.
Anyways, I have a place that I like go to everyday and spend some quiet time alone. I think about who I am and who I want to be, what I want to to. I am going to start journaling more effectively, that was a good thing while I had it going. Gave me real direction.
Anyone else into this? Have some tips?
Peace
Yes there is a well known tip, that is subtle, and relates to responsibility, but that doesn't mean everyone will like it... some have probably even heard it before, or even seen it on a T-shirt, but forgotten it, and it is attributed to different people, and one can substitute various words, as I will show, but the principle stays the same, it goes like this:
"there is no way to peace, peace is the way." so "there is no way to enlightenment, enlightenment is the way." so "there is no way to kindness, kindness is the way." etc. for: love and so on...
We all like to think: "When I get enlightened I will ..." or "When I find peace I will ..." but this type of thinking avoids the responsibility we actually already have, and the ability (or abilities) we actually already have.
One can experiment and cultivate it as a thought for awhile, and perhaps experience why this has been taught by various wise folks.
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Re: Are you good at finding Peace? [Re: anatomality]
#27152466 - 01/16/21 11:46 PM (3 years, 30 days ago) |
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Finding peace or formal meditation? Meditation is easy did it for years...it's not peace. Peace is the acceptance of the inevitable. As a young man I fought it... becoming old is weakening my resolve. Now I enjoy the moment. Peace is an evolution...a surrender...
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Re: Are you good at finding Peace? [Re: anatomality]
#27152529 - 01/17/21 12:43 AM (3 years, 30 days ago) |
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yes
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Re: Are you good at finding Peace? [Re: Cherk]
#27152599 - 01/17/21 02:30 AM (3 years, 30 days ago) |
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Bad luck specialist, altered by the one and only DJ Erosion. Pride is a gift. We all erode. The one who finds billion of gems within Life in Death can surely feel like peace is one of them gems. Fundamental yet so complex and two sided. Peaceful Arousment & Two Faced Silence by DJ Erozija. (How I watched the World burn at Phoenixes birthgiving from ashes).
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Re: Are you good at finding Peace? [Re: Huehuecoyotl]
#27152770 - 01/17/21 05:56 AM (3 years, 30 days ago) |
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Huehuecoyotl said: Finding peace or formal meditation? Meditation is easy did it for years...it's not peace. Peace is the acceptance of the inevitable. As a young man I fought it... becoming old is weakening my resolve. Now I enjoy the moment. Peace is an evolution...a surrender...
glad you are taking a moment for the moment, the rest here is debris from life
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i call that collateral
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Re: Are you good at finding Peace? [Re: laughingdog]
#27152823 - 01/17/21 06:51 AM (3 years, 30 days ago) |
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laughingdog said:
We all like to think: "When I get enlightened I will ..." or "When I find peace I will ..." but this type of thinking avoids the responsibility we actually already have, and the ability (or abilities) we actually already have.
One can experiment and cultivate it as a thought for awhile, and perhaps experience why this has been taught by various wise folks.
I like this a lot, very empowering. Thank you.
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Re: Are you good at finding Peace? [Re: Cherk]
#27152849 - 01/17/21 07:11 AM (3 years, 30 days ago) |
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Cherk said: i call that collateral
and what currency would be loaned or borrowed?
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A show a day keeps bad thoughts at bay Grateful Dead, Phish, etc
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Peace is the recognition of what "I" truly is, which never depends upon any kind of belief or the need to form a story about what's going on.
Your self evident consciousness is Peace itself. It is the best kept, but most open secret. These words are only satisfying once you drop all notions of what you are, and experience what you are Here and Now.
You do it every night when you fall asleep. Do you know your name, gender, race, political beliefs, metaphysical leanings, or even your humanity when you are in a deep dreamless sleep? Isn't that peaceful??
Well, the good news is you don't have to obliterate your mind or be deeply asleep to have Peace. YOU can't have Peace. YOU ARE IT.
There is no distance between Peace and Peace. You can't stand up and take a step towards yourself. If you take a step in any direction looking for Peace, it seems to hide Peace (since you don't know where it truly lies).
Stop doing that, and Boom, Peace. Stop defining yourself, boom, Peace.
Examine every definition of yourself and see what is ALWAYS YOU (in every experience), and you will see that you can't be defined. You don't have to make an effort to remove concepts about yourself, you see them as evidently false. Boom, EFFORTLESS PEACE.
Peace is effortless isn't it? How much effort does it take to be you? Again, not a concept, not a human, not a body, not anything you can define with thoughts. HOW MUCH EFFORT DOES IT TAKE TO BE YOU HERE AND NOW???
You can pretend to do things. You can pretend to define yourself for society's sake. But let Peace be your own little secret.
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