If outer peace is golden then inner peace is priceless

 How attain inner peace ? 

Reaching at home after a long day’s work, do you request children and others to leave you for a few minutes of silence? Or when there is an argument or when you are in a noisy place, do you wish for moments of silence?

But, even when we sit in silence, does the mind often make ‘noise’ by way of thoughts of the whole day such as those of worry, judgement, fear, pain or anger? It is very rare that pleasant and peaceful thoughts arise in our mind that relax us.

In those moments, we realise that staying quiet is not the solution. The only solution is to make our mind silent.

We play our roles in this physical world through the medium of communication but our original state is one of inner silence.

Life is felt as pleasant when the mind learns to think slow and right. A silent mind creates fewer and purer thoughts leading it to experience contentment and peace.

Our original home is the metaphysical Soul World (called Param Dham or Incorporeal World) where we do not have bodies, because there are no elements, and we don’t even have thoughts.

We are tiny sparkling point-of-light or energy. We live there quietly in the presence of God as peaceful souls. Even, today, we find inner and outer silence very soothing because it connects us, at a deeper level, to our original form and nature.

As we, the souls, come down into the physical world and take a body to play different roles, we come into action and interaction. For thousands of years, the mind gets fed with information, beliefs and experiences. It creates thoughts while we are awake and even when we are asleep.

When thoughts clutter the mind, we find it harder to silence it although even when we long to emerge our power of silence. The Inner Sanctuary of Silence The saying goes: “Well begun is half done.” We were taught to begin any task with one minute’s silence – silence after waking up, before having meals, before studying, before taking important decisions.

It was an inner preparation for the mind to calm down and to focus.

We also maintain silence in order to connect with God and invoke His powers. Inner silence provides a powerful start. But, often, we do not silence the mind before making important beginnings.

If the mind is not calm enough, it creates wrong thoughts unknowingly, based on past experiences such as: “There will be so much traffic, will I reach on time? How will this examination go, last time I did not fare well… then, this will happen, that will happen, etc. …”

Our negative vibrations radiate to the scene. The weak beginning without silencing the mind may affect success. A silent state of mind does not mean zero thoughts. It means that we should create necessary, elevated and right thoughts.

Necessary thoughts mean thoughts of day-to-day actions. Right or elevated thoughts mean pure and powerful thoughts based on soul’s original qualities of peace and wisdom. Silence not only increases efficiency but also keeps us mentally strong.

A mind, which is concentrated and silent, thinks clearly; so, intellect can make correct decisions. The body remains physically healthy when our mind is healthy.

Relationships will also be loveful and free from conflicts.

Many of us go on retreats to recharge our inner self. We enjoy the ambience of a quieter atmosphere there. The positive effects of the retreat last for a few days. But, let us remember that within ourselves is a stillness, a sanctuary to retreat at anytime and anywhere for a few minutes through practice of Rajyoga meditation.

We withdraw from the situations and emotions, focus on positive thoughts, connect with God, emerge our original sanskars and return to the situations with power and stability. We should practise this mantra: “I am a pure soul. My every thought and word are clean. No indirect messages, no hidden motives. I radiate respect to every soul. Purity is my gift to everyone I meet today. I understand that people I meet, today, will have different sanskars. I accept each one as they are ....”

By practising this mantra every hour and, then, bringing it into practical behaviour, will align our thoughts with our words and actions.