DISCOVER
YOUR
INNER PEACE
BY CAPT MD ABUL KALAM AZAD
THE MOST HOPEFUL THING IS OUR TRUE ESSENCE OF
LIFE IS EVER PEACEFUL AND ALWAYS WITH US
AND WILL ALWAYS BE WITH US, DOES
NOT MATTER WHEREEVER WE ARE , IN LIFE OR DEATH.
THIS CAN
ONLY BE DISCOVERED WITH YOUR CALM MIND.
CALM
MIND IS THE ABODE OF PEACE,
FREE OF
ALL DESIRES.
WE ARE HERE
JUST TO DISCOVER OUR TRUE ESSENCE, THE PURE CONSCIOUSNESS.
AT THE END OF
YOUR DISCOVERY YOU WILL JUST BE SATISFIED & PEACEFUL.
Peace is
consciousness, consciousness is peace. Pure consciousness is pure peace,
unconditional. You are never away from this but your mind was never aware of
this. Then the consciousness inflicted some pain and sufferings upon your mind,
so that you get interested to search for peace.
Good to know, what
is keeping you away from the pure unconditional peace, consciousness and
freedom. This is your very mind and its delusions. But you may not be aware of
this till now.
Mind’s normal trick
is holding others responsible for its own doing and sufferings. Mind always
focuses externally. Never look back on itself.
People are worried
about devil and evil. But every conscious person is aware that the worse enemy
is your own thoughts and its delusions and falsehood. Devil only blow some
oxygen in it to ignite further. Evil thoughts are the worse devil that devil
itself. Your own mind can damage you more than evil. One need to take care of own thoughts to
discover pure consciousness, joy, bliss and happiness.
Mind casts the
shadow over the consciousness and invokes sufferings. Mind supposed to be the
tool of consciousness, instead mind has become the king and turns to be the
suffer master.
The key of joy,
bliss, happiness and unconditional peace is remaining in your hand. You only
can use it and can discover the unconditional peace in you. Only need to cast
off the vain thoughts.
Your mind is the
suffering generator; soon you will be aware of it. Just stick around. Also you will be aware of the key of joy,
bliss, happiness which is right now in your hand, you will come to know.
When you are happy,
lucky, healthy, carefree, enjoying; you are not likely to bother much. You get
enough living; you can fill your needs. You are free to lead your life as your
mind wants it to be. Life goes on, following
its own way. Your wishes are fulfilling. You might feel inside, yes I have done
it. It is good to hear.
But all the days
are not same. The challenges of life come by itself. Frustration, sorrows, disappointment, anger, destructions,
depression attack the mind. Life looks so dim and burdensome at times. It looks
miserable, unbearable. Mind at times
turns so heavy that it ends up in even suicide. What could be worse pathetic
scenario than this? People harm others or harm themselves for their unconscious
sufferings.
Challenges of life
might push you to think, what is the meaning of this life? Why so much pain and
sufferings are in life. You might think,
my life is like this, and that’s it, nothing can be done about it. I have to
live like this, no other way. It’s very frustrating but what can I do about it?
It’s not entirely true. There is a great meaning of these adverse happenings
and finally there is sure way out of all sufferings.
Even you are
leading a carefree life, at the back of your mind things do not resolve. The
true satisfaction does not come. What is
next? What about death? Non-removable uneasiness persists underlying the
colorful achievements. Too much material success does not give you the simple
assurance of peace. The thought of
death, confines all your achievements to nowhere. These are real problems.
The difficulty you
are experiencing has definite solution. The key is right at your hand but
unknown to you.
INNER PEACE: Every human is
blessed with inner peace at any condition of life. It is always with him or
her. But the disturbing mind or thoughts are the main barrier to experience the
inner peace. Inner peace never leaves you. But the desires, illusions,
prejudice filled mind cannot discover the inner peace.
The mind always
looks for peace in outside world or objects. The mind looks for peace outside
whereas the inner peace is always inside.
To discover the
inner peace one must be very innocent and surrendered to the pure
consciousness. The mind will calm down and the peace will be experienced.
The endless
unconditional joy follows despite of any happening outside.
You do not have to
believe this, you have to experience this. Believing only put you to practice. Hands
on practice bring you peace, happiness, the unconditional joy.
The hands on
practice can bring the experience. It’s not very difficult but you must look
for it, ask it and desire it, so that you turn yourself towards it.
To be aware of own
mind and self-reflection is a sure shot way. Understanding the mind is very
important. Understanding the reality is very helpful. Separating the real from
unreal is great wisdom. Self-knowledge is indispensable to discover inner
peace.
We shall discuss
the clarity of the procedures so that illusions and darkness of mind depart.
Wisdom is the only light which drives away illusions of mind. The wisdom is the
only sword which destroys illusions and restores peace, bliss and happiness.
All the religions,
spiritual practices, all the great enlightened people always tried to propagate
the same truth dressed in various colors.
SUFFERING
We have enough
experience of sufferings in day to day life. We experience at times, the
turmoil of mind, pressure, tension, anxiety, fear, unpleasant feelings, while
interacting with the world, in family, in work place, socially, economically,
physically, mentally. The restless violent environment of war and hatred,
adversity, famine, hunger, sickness engulf human existence to desperation and
sufferings. The ego filled blind minds will generate sufferings for themselves
and others unconsciously, without knowing. The selfish mind will never even
know what damage it is doing to itself and others.
Anger,
dissatisfaction, disappointment, material loss, non- acceptance, sadness, and
depressions move the mind to oppression and depression. The dangerous happenings
around, accidents, madness, hatred, war, collective extortion, famine, cruelty
around the globe generates sufferings. Our own unawareness of truth creates
further sufferings.
Diseases, loss of
loved ones, financial ruin, loss of job, money problem, relationship breakdown,
workplace stresses, family stresses paralyze us and we experience sufferings. All
these affects us either physically or mentally or emotionally or in combination
of all.
Peace or suffering,
richness or poverty, joy or sadness all are kind of experience only. They are
nothing but various experiences. Either pleasant or unpleasant.
Can you investigate
what is suffering exactly?
Sufferings grow in
mind (as thought) as we interact and percept the world around. Cause can be
physical pain, loss etc. or just mental effect. It is either physical or
non-physical (in thoughts). Physical is physical, it is more material and have
some existence. But mental sufferings are inexistence and mostly illusions.
As example: The
accident and broken leg, causes pain, one suffers with this, this is not
illusion but physical sufferings. But if anyone broke purposely your leg, you
have physical pain, plus hatred, anger and vengeance grown in mind; these give
rise further sufferings in mind as thoughts.
We must
investigate, who is exactly suffering. Or who is the sufferer? People will say I am suffering. Who is this
‘I am’ exactly is.
When you will
clearly identify the sufferer, you will be free from all sufferings. We shall
focus more light on this, under chapter WHO AM I.
EXPERIENCES: All
sufferings are experiences. All happiness and joy also experiences. Who is this
experiencer?
You might say, I am.
Who is this I am?
You might say my
body, my mind! What else.
Can your body and
mind experience anything without the consciousness?
No.
Then who is
actually experiencing?
Body and mind is
experiencing because of the presence or effect of consciousness.
The consciousness
cannot suffer. In the presence of consciousness or effect of consciousness the
body and mind can have experience, sufferings or joy. Consciousness experiences
directly, it witness the sufferings or bliss of mind. Consciousness never
suffers.
The play of the
consciousness is the cause of all experiences.
Consciousness knows
how to deal with the sufferings and correct it. The consciousness does not
force the mind; only allow the mind to expose in open options to allow the
individuality and experience.
When one surrenders
to the consciousness, the consciousness takes over the whole show. The inner
joy uncovers. The peace and bliss flows like fountain.
Mind unaware of the
power of consciousness, rarely thinks to surrender. It keeps on suffering. The
ego takes over the mind and mind does not know how to get rid of. More the mind
works, plans and schemes under ego, it entangle in deeper sufferings.
WHY SUFFERINGS ARE
NEEDED?
All the sufferings
are just a poke to bring back the mind towards consciousness. But mind
interpret it very different.
Every suffering,
every disease, every loss, every pressure is a pinch to the body mind complex
to call them towards consciousness, where the inner peace is.
TYPE OF SUFFERING:
One suffering we
experience as a physical pain, another is in our mind or as thoughts. So it’s
clear that one is physical and another is mental , emotional (in mind as thought),
that is nonphysical.
The sufferings in
thoughts are more important and it covers large portion of our sufferings. These
mental sufferings can get rid of instantly, if anyone willing to do.
The physical pain
and sufferings are more real and related to our actions. This cannot heel or
get rid of instantly but with time, effort and expenses. Fortunately this
covers lesser portion than our mental emotional sufferings.
The sufferings in
mind can grow from both, thoughts and actions.
Important thing to
recognize here that the suffering of mind or thought are mostly thoughts only , soft copy as
thoughts, give rise of feelings as we give it power, though it is false , or
illusion and does not exist in reality.
Say for example,
someone had caused huge loss to you and you hate that person. Where is the hate
exactly? It is just in your thoughts or in other word in mind. Just discard the thoughts. The hate is gone.
You didn’t do anything but recognized that this is a thought and do not give it
power anymore by not reacting with the thought. Do not react as the thoughts
arise. The thought will leave your head soon. Do not entertain the thoughts.
As the human brain
is designed to generate thoughts, it will keep on generating the streams of
useful and useless thoughts in your awaking hours. Do not give attention to all
thoughts arising in the brain. Actions
happen when you react with the thoughts.
If you do not react
with the thoughts they will leave your brain soon and new thoughts will arise.
RECOGNISING THE SUFFERINGS ARE JUST THOUGHTS
IN YOUR HEAD is the first point to understand. It grows due to ignorance and
misunderstanding when the pure
consciousness is not known.
Remove the thoughts, and you have removed the sufferings.
Nobody can do it
for you; you have to do it by yourself.
But the question is
how to remove the thoughts?
Our head is the
thought generator. How to stop this generator to produce unnecessary thoughts?
HOW TO STOP THE UNNECESSARY
THOUGHTS:
How to stop a
thief? What is the first action?
Simple : Keep Watch
. When thief knows he is being watched, he will not come simply.
Same like that, when thoughts come, let it come, do
not try to prevent it or stop it, keep watch, what is coming. Do not react. Be alert not to
react. If you are not aware, automatically thought might convert to action in
unconscious way.
Just do not
interact with the thoughts, neither try to remove them, nor try to act on them.
As you do not interact, the thoughts will roam around in the brain for a while
and will vanish by itself, leaving you peaceful.
Just see the thoughts rises and die,
without reacting with the thoughts, is essential meditation.
Practice this daily
for a while at your leisure time, to remove all unnecessary thoughts. You will
find more space in the mind. More time and energy will be available to do right
things.
Do not put heat in
the kettle, vapor will not rise. This heat is your desire. When you have
passion and desire, you will act to fulfill the desires and all the thoughts
will rise and rush like the vapors in the kettle.
This desire is also
a thought. Watch it without reaction. This desire will die down soon, leaving
you peaceful.
In sleep, your
thought generator is stopped for few hours. That’s why sleep is so peaceful and
refreshing. In sleep your mind is switched off. The thoughts are not generating
and you are not suffering.
People, who cannot
sleep for activated thoughts, cannot rest and suffer a lot.
WHAT DOES PEACEFUL
MEAN?
You do not have to
be thought less vegetable. In peace the mind is ever alert in consciousness,
where the consciousness is master, not the mind or thoughts. The actions will
be conscious and results will be peaceful.
A wellbeing feeling
will follow. The joy for no reason does not leave your psyche. The body gets
relaxed and deeply rested, even after a whole days work; still you are fresh
and unexhausted.
The garbage
thoughts have departed you. The worries, depressions, fear, confusion, have
left you.
The dirty desires
are not anywhere. There is no desire to get something from someone. The body,
mind complex is just joyfully being in the sea of consciousness.
The individual
defense, loss gain calculation and competition is lost forever.
Employ this rested
mind to serve mankind.
The consciousness
will pull you towards your destiny, only trust and allow the consciousness to
takeover.
Peace means getting
rid of the disturbances of the selfish thoughts.
There is no separate self in reality but in
illusions of mind. The whole suffering happens to the selfish illusory entity.
The moment the
illusion is removed , the real peace follows.
Irresistible joy follows,
with calmness and stillness of mind.
Q. Should I not think then? : You should think when needed for a job , for planning. When not engaged in useful thinking , restore the awareness in true presence.
If the mind can not discover peace here , it thinks that it will be somewhere in heaven. This is the delusion of mind. When the schemes of mind are dropped , peace follows in the calm mind , fee of all plots.
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