Expressing Peace. Peace Practice. 59.
Peace Practice
Perhaps you follow a daily peace practice. Maybe it’s less structured than a true ritual might be.
What is most important about an activity we consciously carry out to realize peace? The peace.
Too often, I have become so enthralled with the process that I have overlooked appreciating the outcome, the peace itself.
If you regularly practice “peace producers”, you may not want to focus so much on the format and procedure. You don’t want to lose sight of the peace reward.
A peace practice may have as many or as few elements as you desire. For the record, I focus on three categories: time, place, and action.
The time consciously concentrating on knowing peace is entirely up to you. It may be a set time of the day. It should be enough time that you’re not rushed or pressed. You want to free that time completely from other distractions. Other than that, it’s your time. Enjoy it.
The place where you allow yourself to achieve peace is yours to choose. Perhaps you prefer a regular place: the same place every time. You may want that as a designated place, a place marked off in your mind where you practice being peace-filled. Even more, you may want to give your place identifiers — a chair or cushion, a picture, a symbol — that set it as “the place.”
The actions may be the key to your peace practice. I think of Be, Do, and Have actions. You may focus on being some way that accomplishes your peace: still, mindful, focused, for examples. You may actual be doing something that brings peace to you and to your mind: reading, praying, walking are possible. The purpose of your peace practice is your having peace, having consciousness of peace, and having gratitude that you experience peace.
Time, place and actions are important as they bring us real experience of being peaceful, enjoying peace. They are not ever as important as the peace they bring. I’m glad to be more conscious of focusing on the outcome.
Good Friend, GOD,
the pure joy of feeling your Peace
and knowing my peace
is all I need.
Thank you for helping me use tools
to feel and love the peace;
thank you for helping me realize
the tools are only tools:
your Peace is the prize produced.
I thank you for the gifts of having peace
and being Peace;
I thank you for the gift of awareness
that lets me praise your giving.
Thank you, GOD.
And so it is. Amen. Amen.
Enjoy Peace. Express Peace.
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