Peace & ... Fear - Why does peace in our lives never last?
Whenever we “achieve” peace—even if only for a moment—the instant our mind becomes aware that we are at peace, it begins to generate opposing thoughts and emotions. It may seem that our mind is quite literally rooting against us. Why is our mind behaving like that? It is trying to protect us. It fears losing the peace it perceives or believes it we have. And so, it creates thoughts and feelings with the intention of protecting us, clinging to the peace it thinks we possess. In this way, the very fear of losing peace becomes the cause of losing it. So, what remedy or solution is there? Pretty much there is only one solution: break our identification with our mind, whose default way of working and perceiving the world is through thoughts and emotions. If we continue to live primarily through our senses—especially through what we think and what we feel—we will continue to experience the sense that peace is gained and lost sporadically. What we need to do is to create enough space and distance from our thoughts and emotions, in order to break the attachment we have to our mind. How can we create space? We can only create space by observing our thoughts and emotions, quite literally stopping whatever we are doing and observing them. Notice how the only thing you do throughout the day is unconsciously follow your thoughts. They tell you what to do or what not to do, and you don’t even question them. Observing our thoughts and emotions will be very complicated if we don't really understand the mechanics of our mind. That is why I explain them at detail in the free course available in this community. If we are luck enough to create sufficient space between our thoughts and emotions, we will come to the realization that there is no need to try to “attain” peace. Peace is already ours. It has always been with us and always will be, because in essence, we are peace. If you are reading this and you are starting to feel fear, be grateful—you are fortunate. Your brain is trying to protect you by generating fearful thoughts and emotions.