I Am Peaceful

Our seed of awakening for the month at Awakening Ways Center for Spiritual Living is Peace. We all need tools to help us access peace when we need it. When the world around us is chaotic and confusing, leading to feeling lost and afraid, which is a slippery slope for our already fragile and demanding lives, where can we go to find the peace we desperately seek?

Know that peace still exists at the center of your being, even amid chaos, confusion, and dismay. The best news is that you can access it. Peace is always present, and the invitation for us is to be so present that we remember how to access it in our time of need.

American New Thought writer, teacher, and leader Ernest Holmes observed: “To desert the Truth in the hour of need is to prove that we do not know the Truth.” The quote is a great reminder that when faced with a less than optimum experience in life we often forget who we are or desert the Truth that we know or thought we knew with conviction. Maybe even falling victim to and reacting to the fleeting conditions and circumstances in life. What if instead, we were to prove that we know the Truth and we are malleable like palm trees, bending with the wind of the day and resuming our natural state, when the storm passes, rather than breaking apart.

Ernest Holmes further states, “When things look the worst, that is the supreme moment to demonstrate, to ourselves, that there are no obstructions to the operation of Truth. When things look the worst is the best time to work, the most satisfying time. The person who can throw themself with complete abandon into that Limitless Sea of Receptivity, having cut loose from all apparent moorings, is the one who will always receive the greatest reward.”

So whatever side of the political spectrum you find yourself, peace is a cornerstone of a happy and healthy life. Can you allow yourself to be peaceful as chaos unfolds around you? Imagine for a moment what that looks and feels like. Peace.

Can you remember a time when you were totally at peace? Where were you? What did you see? What did you hear? What did you feel? What did you sense? Let that experience come alive in you as if it was happening now. You may even create an anchor for yourself by touching the pads of your fingertips together and then releasing them once the memory begins to dissipate. Now you have an anchor for yourself to access the peace that lives within you at any time. Simply touch the pads of your fingertips together and be peaceful.

Try speaking this affirmation aloud to help ground you in the present moment: I am peaceful. I bring the peace. I share the peace. I live the peace. I am here now.

And so it is.