Experiencing Peace in a World of Turmoil

I’ve often prayed for peace to spread throughout the world and reign in people’s hearts. And today it finally hit me how people can experience that peace immediately.

To be clear, when I mention “peace” I do not mean happiness. No. Happiness is not the same as peace. A human’s sense of “happiness” is a result of hormones in their body - endorphins, oxytocin, serotonin, dopamine…etc and their balance. The “peace” I’m referring to is a sensation deep within that is beyond the vulnerability that we go through in a world of turmoil. The peace is not dependent on flucuating hormones or external events/situations or what someone did to you when you were a child. Bad weather, wars, death of loved ones, weight gain, a break up, a house that just won’t stay clean…none of these have the power to overcome this peace I’m about to explain. And everyone - even a child of five - can experience its immediate effects.

When I realized how to experience this peace life suddenly became magical. My lens of the world changed - even random strangers on the beach took on a whole new beautiful light.

HERE IS HOW YOU CAN EXPERIENCE PEACE IMMEDIATELY

Focus on becoming aware - not of your breath or of your dreams and goals - but of the presence of God all around you. Instead of revolving the world around self, the “ego,” the “I want…” aim to look at creation and recognize the presence of God veiled in each thing - His Will.

God’s veiled presence is hidden in the wind, the rain, mountains, valleys, the earth, the planets, the stars and in the flowers. Everything in creation is God revealing His presence and His qualities. His constant love is mirrored in every wave crashing on the shore. His immensity is mirrored in the horizon of the sky - it just keeps going. The fruit trees mirror His constant supply of good things - there is no end to them.

Once you can recognize the presence of God all around you in the present moment, lightbulbs turn on, because if the things of creation around you are veils hiding the presence of God, that means God’s presence is also veiled within YOU.

You are a reflection, a manifestation - of the presence of God on earth.

You are a reflection - a manifestation - of the presence of God on earth.

Each human is a part of God manifested in the flesh. Let that permeate your mind. If you are a manifestation of God, then you are valuable, worthy, special, unique, amazing, beautiful…nothing and nobody can tear down your identity because you recognize yourself now in God. You are a part of Him - a manifestation of Him.

Peace results from knowing one is surrounded by God’s presence. And knowing God’s presence is within you brings deep inner peace. If there is self-love it is of the best kind - not the ego kind. It is valuing oneself because God is in you and WILLS you to exist.

And now you also begin to realize that you can appreciate (rather than compete) with the people around you.

Lastly, you come to realize that treating people with respect and love is treating God Himself with love and respect. If you hugged someone today, you hugged a part of God! I actually went and hugged someone right after coming to this realization. It was amazing to feel the capability of loving God in another person.

FALSE PATHS

So much of society is now teaching a concept of “becoming” with the focus of placing oneself at the center and allowing one’s deepest desires to come true. This method does affect hormones - bring a sense of happiness from the emotions that result from thinking about one’s future.

When we keep our gaze on Jesus, we revolve our lives around Him and peace comes.

But this method casts out God and Jesus. They do not call that “intelligence” God or Jesus. They do not talk about heaven or hell - rather they focus on this world and revovling everything around a person.

They all oxytocin “love” - but that limits love to just hormones. Oxytocin is a reflection of love, but not the thing itself.

Love does not always feel good. Like visiting a person in jail who abused your son. That’s an example of heroic love. You won’t necessary experience oxytocin when you go visit the person - but real love is working in that act.

The sense of happiness in a human results from feel-good chemicals occurring in the brain and body. And one’s deepest dreams of wealth, health, success…etc can occur too - even great healings.

But there is no Jesus mentioned - the very Jesus that created their bodies and thoughts and ability to create, think, walk and interact.

In Catholicism and in the Divine Will, we possess EVERYTHING. All of creation is OURS. Redemption is ours. Sanctification is ours. The very blood of Jesus is ours. And we are given the ability to give it to God to repair for our sins and other people’s sins. We have the ability to create love and shower it upon the world when we live within and act with God’s Will.

Do you want healing? Ask for it - recognizing it comes from God the Father who wants to heal us. Do you want wealth? Ask for it. Success? Ask for it. Career? Relationship? Ask for it. And recognize who it is coming from. And do it with FAITH that it will happen.

The difference is that the world wants to cast God and Jesus out of the center. The world wants the “person” to be the captain of his/her ship. But this means that a person will never go to their true potential. Only God - the Creator - knows a person’s true potential. And He is keenly interestd in taking each person to their true potential. He can only do that when we let Him - He won’t cross our will. .

If Jesus is the captain of your ship, then anything is possible. If you are the captian of your ship, your ship will ultimately hit rocks, cap-size, sink or flounder about the great sea of life.

And when you think about it, who wouldn’t want Jesus as the captain of their ship? Jesus wants the best for each person.

The truth is that all of creation exists in and revolves around God. We have a Father who loves us and wants the best for us.

When you realize that God’s presence is IN YOU, and His presence is ALL AROUND YOU - peace immediately comes.

So focus your attention on the presence of God around and in you. And you will experience people, events, creation…all of life in a state of peace. And in this state, love, joy and trust can bloom.

Kristina