Finding inner peace is within your reach, awareness is key

Achieving a pollution-free world is possible through collective effort and technology, but achieving global peace is next to impossible unless the individual has achieved inner peace. 

What is inner peace? It isn’t the lack of external sound. Peace is experiencing inner silence. Every human was designed to have inner peace, but two factors disturb peace. Self-conflict or the absence of inner integrity and insecurity about the future. It is possible to eliminate both self-conflict and insecurity only when you are aware about yourself. Please understand, the only way to achieve inner peace is to take conscious effort to be aware of who you are. 

Humans relate to their individuality or their identity. You’re a father, wife, friend to someone or a painter, doctor, officer somewhere; but who are you really? 

Reflect on this example. A gold ornament can be a bangle, necklace or ring. The gold can be transformed from one ornament into another. But remove the gold from the ornament and there is nothing. 

When a human is not alive, no matter what individuality or identity before, it is called not just a body but a dead body. If the body still exists, what is dead then? What is dead then is what is alive in you at the moment. So, who are you? Not a body, not an engineer, architect, teacher, brother or daughter. You are an all capable soul or atman thinking of yourself as an incapable being with a human body. 

One should take conscious effort to raise their awareness to know that they are not the body, but an all capable, divine soul which different religions call differently; Jesus, Allah or Brahman. That which is called by different names is nothing else but your own soul. 

Once you realise you are an all capable soul, you will have both clarity and inner integrity and peace will reside within you. Peace gives happiness and conviction. You can buy the best bed available, but it’s inner peace that gives you sleep. 

Not raising one’s awareness will make a person lead life with uncertainty and confusion. Failing to raise awareness is failing to create inner peace, failing to create global peace and finally, failing to create a peaceful future for coming generations. 

The highest power humans possess is the choice to choose. So when you have a choice to choose a future; why don’t you choose to create a better future!  Wishing you a life full of peace, success and happiness. Aham Brahmasmi!!