We can’t will ourselves to be peaceful. Yet we have a true self inside of us that is peaceful. Thich Nhat Hanh, the Buddhist monk and activist, says that once we learn to touch the peace within us we can be healed and transformed.
In today’s episode we will practice tapping into this peace inside of us through mindfulness exercises. We will then identify what it is that keeps us resisting that peace in ourselves, and let it go.
Our listening part of the Pause is from Thich Nhat Hanh:
Our true home is in the present moment
The miracle is not to walk on water
The miracle is to walk on the green earth in the present moment
Peace is all around us, in the world and in nature
And within us, in our bodies and our spirits
Once we learn to touch this peace we will be healed and transformed
It is not a matter of faith
It is a matter of practice
We need only to bring our body and mind into the present moment
And we will touch what is refreshing, healing and wondrous
-Living Buddha, Living Christ, Thich Nhat Hanh, 2010
