shree swami samarth: Inner Peace

shree swami samarth: Inner Peace: "Inner PeaceThe quality of life we live depends not on material progress but on inner development and advancement towards higher spiritual p..."

Inner Peace

Inner Peace

The quality of life we live depends not on material progress but on inner development and advancement towards higher spiritual path. The modern life  today is a mixed bag of work related stress, atmospheric pollution, traffic congestion, unhealthy eating habits leading to rise in different types of maladies. Although we have all the possible comforts, there is a kind of an imbalance. As  a result, we see a volatile society which erupts on slightest provocation. Terrorist attacks, murders, accidental deaths are equally a part of our living today.

Peace is the quest of modern man. He leaves no stone unturned to achieve this. So we see people trying to find this peace in   Himalayan Ashrams, yoga retreats, detoxification treatment, and religious discourses and of courses how can we ignore our God Men and Babas misleading already frustrated and stressed population. However, the question here is does any of the above mentioned thing help? Do you really find peace at a prescribed place? So where do you go to find this peace?

To find external peace in this world, there has to be inner peace. First we have to find peace within ourselves. It is a good routine to sit calmly for ten minutes and get into self introspection and interrogate oneself, Am I peaceful?  On a particular day how many times did I think ill of someone? How many times I recollected what others said about me and how I was hurt? How many times did I get angry and injured people by words? Remember whatever you say in anger, resentment, vengeance or to taunt or retort you create a sound energy which will never be destroyed. Therefore, calculate your words, train to calm your mind and restrain from provocative speech. Once you are in control of your speech, the process of inner peace will be facilitated. When you find peace within, you will become one with the Universal Consciousness Shri Swami Samarth and you will find peace around you.  If we train our mind to resolve our daily conflict within, we will attain a peaceful mind. Without inner peace outer peace is impossible.

 Daily routine to make this possible

Either during morning or night time give 10- 15 minutes for this process.

Do brahamari Pranayam for 5 minutes

• Close your eyes and with the thumb close your ears as well. Let the fore finger. Middle finger and ring finger rest on your eyes. With the little finger press the corners of your nose.
• Partially close your glottis as you inhale through both nostrils, making a snoring sound
• Now exhale little by little, emitting a sound like a humming bee.
• Humming as you exhale allows you to spin out your breath and make a longer exhalation.
• Repeat the practice 5 - 10 times.

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Then sit quiet and self introspect about everything you did on that day.

 Take a deep breath (in your mind say I am exhaling out all my negativity. Sometimes naming helps eg. I am not envious of Mary or John or angry with Tim or I don’t hate Micheal)and exhale vigorously from the stomach to expel all the hatred, anger, contempt, jealousy, envy you have about other people. Repeat this process 3-5 times.

Stay in breathless situation as long as you can last. Do not overdo it.

Spend some time chanting in the rhythm : inhale Shri Swami Samarth, exhale; Shri Swami Samarth.

Surrender to Him totally and He will guide on the path of peace.

Shree Swami Samarth