Peace of mind

[Anie]

can it only be obtained if you never showed emotion, never had any type of love, never cared for religion and never have an opinion about a thing and living is basically living life with nature and go by instinct?

 

[CeeRose28]

I don't think you could ever have peace of mind by doing these things. In my opinion the way you achieve peace of mind is actually doing those things. Having emotion, having an opinion, loved and lost, stood up for something you've believed in and being ok with that and feeling good about yourself. Believe me, I have tried to cut myself off from emotion before and it only makes things worse. Living life and believing in yourself will give you more peace of mind than you could imagine. It's hard, but it is worth it in the end.

 

[Anie]

Why does religion say peace of mind can be obtained in the after life when we all know it's an unknown place, how does one be content with that thought through faith?

how does a person achieve a state of zen about life without meditation but by just living

 

[Leananshee]

Sounds great, if you're a tree.

Mark Twain once said that humans are the only animals that blush. Or need to.

Enlightenment doesn't come to those who sit around and wait for it, contrary to the mythic hermits who wait on a mountaintop. You find enlightenment by becoming it in your everyday experience. You live it through your emotion and reason, to the point where you have them in your grasp and control without so much effort. That's a God in respects that religion won't teach you about because it can't.

Humans can't live in harmony with nature and each other by instinct; it's long since been lost. We can only do so by disciplining ourselves to be masters of our emotion and reason, over time realizing we're not really a separate entity from the world we're born into. If we can't do that we fall prey to those who try to make us part of their little circle, which usually involves the special Kool-Aid cups to drink to go meet the space aliens.

In the end you either choose to live life fully with all the gifts you're given, or to die before your body does.

tim :eek

 

[Alien Allen]

In the end you either choose to live life fully with all the gifts you're given, or to die before your body does.

That is an interesting take that probably is right on the mark. You may live physically but your mind will be numb and you would be miserable.

 

[Tangerine]

When this first came out it was just a cheesy pop song to me. As I've gotten a little older and wiser it has a much deeper meaning to me, and I think there is a world of truth in these lyrics:

I'm trying to tell you something about my life
Maybe give me insight between black and white
The best thing you've ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously, it's only life after all
Well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable
And lightness has a call that's hard to hear
I wrap my fear around me like a blanket
I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it, I'm crawling on your shore

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain
There's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine.

 

[Pabst]

can it only be obtained if you never showed emotion, never had any type of love, never cared for religion and never have an opinion about a thing and living is basically living life with nature and go by instinct?

no thats not the same.

peace of mind at least how i see it is accepting things as they are. i am a fucked up person. i'm learning i'm not the only fucked up person in this world and i'm not the only person that has had to go through shit in their life. so i have been trying to make peace with myself. for a long time i couldnt control the situations i was in, i was too young, later as an adult i still had to put up with that. so i have to make peace with the fact that i cant control everything and i'm ok with that now but how it effects me i'm not ok with, i cant accept it and wont. i NEED peace of mind. i need to be at peace with myself first and foremost. i need to be at peace with the world around me. if i dont then i could snap one day and bad things could happen. ignoring it does not help, i tried that, it made it worse. trying to be an unfeeling person didnt work either, that too made things worse.

as far as i can tell i need to be connected to my emotions, i need to be connected to my feelings. emotions and feelings are normal, they should be a part of our lives. you have to find a balance between being too emotional and not emotional enough.

it doesnt mean you're ok with everything it just means you accept it, cant always control or even have an effect on it sometimes. i dont know if i'll ever find peace of mind for myself. i want to and i hope i can but right now i just dont know if its gonna happen. you become conditioned to reacting a certain way to the things that happen to you and around you and its hard to change the reaction. it takes years of trying and with me being an impatient person i dont know if i can really do it but i need to and i remind myself of that and i keep trying. i just want to be ok with me, who i am as a person, my actions, my feelings, my emotions and right now i dont. i feel like a horrible person and the guilt of my actions is catching up to me. the things i've done to others and the things i've done to myself cannot be changed and i have to accept that. i guess that's what peace of mind is, finding a way to live with yourself and the world you're in. the former is easier than the latter i think but sometimes its not.

i dont know what the answer is but trying to block everything out doesnt work, it never has worked for me and i dont suggest you try it. it made me a worse person for it. all i can do is tell you what i've done and tell you to not do those things because none of it has ever worked for me and i doubt they work for anyone else.

 

[Godsloveapples]

can it only be obtained if you never showed emotion, never had any type of love, never cared for religion and never have an opinion about a thing and living is basically living life with nature and go by instinct?

Peace of mind can never be achieved that way - in my opinion that is. If you never showed any emotion or love and never cared for religion, you would seem cold and careless on the outside, however, you will be torn up inside deep within your heart. Every human being has a heart and it needs love and care to survive. Peace of mind can be achieved when you give life your all and never hold back, help people and do the right things, not fall into conflicts and always forgive and forget...and sleep knowing that you've somehow helped better the world..