Having a nervous breakdown was one of the best things that ever happened to me.
Before reaching the absolute end of my stress threshold, I never thought that finding inner peace was possible-especially for a sensitive person prone to anxiety like me. Peace was a completely foreign concept to me.
After having multiple instances of mental breakdowns, I finally learned what inner peace is and it wasn’t what I expected it to be.
I didn’t think the journey would turn Spiritual or that I was capable of it I always seen myself as a weak individual. Hitting rock bottom -feeling like I couldn’t go on anymore. Not even realizing there was a way to find it.
So, what’s inner peace? Inner peace is what we feel when our body, mind, heart, and soul is at rest. Instead of striving to control or resist ourselves and others, we feel a sense of profound acceptance, forgiveness, love, and compassion. Inner peace is being in touch with your true nature. Inner peace is the byproduct of letting go of all the stress, brokenness and sufferings and surrendering everything to God
When you hit rock bottom there is no where else to go but up. There is nothing else you have to loose. It’s not about chasing, striving, and trying to earn tranquillity. We you try to fight for inner peace is contradictory and pointless. It just deepen our suffering.
Finding inner peace is about relinquishing our need to control and fight. Essentially, you could say it’s about giving up (I’m just not going to fight anymore I’m done). But you don’t do it in a disempowering way. It’s a form of resignation that is based on a deeper level of understanding that we don’t need to constantly resist everything.
It doesn’t mean you become a pushover or a doormat that people can abuse. Living in peace is letting go and surrendering isn’t about letting yourself be used and abused. There just comes a point in life when we have to focus on ourselves, practice self-care, self-control and self-love. It’s time to pamper yourself and stop trying to make everyone happy except yourself. This might mean setting boundaries, saying no, and removing ourselves from harmful situations that don’t create peace in your life. But it also means surrendering, blame and hatred toward anyone. And you’ll be able to see the difference immediately. If it steals your peace then it’s to expensive. Life is all about balance.
Here’s a exercise that will help you to understand what inner peace is like
Sit down somewhere quiet. Then tense your entire body. Imagine you’re being scrunched into a tight rubber band ball. Hold that for 30 seconds. Become as contracted as possible. Make yourself super stiff and uncomfortable. Then release. You can feel how spacious you boby is now. That’s what inner peace feels like -except it radiates from the inside out.
I can feel it in my body now, when things start feeling tense. I feel pain between my shoulder blades. That’s when I know my body is contracting. And I need to remove myself from the situation – a sign I am losing my inner peace. Any situation you don’t feel at peace with. Remove yourself from it situation, no matter what it is, it not worth losing you peace over. If the situation is unavoidable. Get yourself away from it as soon as possible.
Don’t Sacrifice Your Inner Peace For Anyone.
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