Yesterday I suggested that “peace of mind” is a bit of a misnomer, because of this equation I made up:
It seemed to resonate, as I’ve had a fair few responses from it, from you.
Then, almost on cue, this quote from Eckhart Tolle’s book The Power of Now cropped up on my Twitter timeline:
“Forgive yourself for not being at peace. The moment you completely accept your non-peace, your non-peace gets transmuted into peace. Anything you accept fully will get you there, will take you into peace. This is the miracle of surrender.”
~ Eckhart Tolle
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Perfection.
Now, if the nature of the mind is not-peace, and he’s saying accept non-peace, then he’s saying accept the nature of the mind; how it’s responding to stuff.
Which is the simplicity of the 3 Principles understanding.
Whatever situation you face—at work, at home, in your relationships, on your own, in your head—your mind is going to have a lot to say about it.
You might also notice that your mind is going to have a lot to say about what it’s got to say about the situation.
And, let’s face it people, it’s probably going to have a lot to say about all the stuff it’s saying about what it has to say about the situation.
… and so on …
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The key isn’t to accept the situation (because it’s not the situation you’re experiencing), it’s to accept the mind’s ‘non-peace’ response to the situation.
And hey presto: peace.
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Giles
p.s. told you it was simple.
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