What if we could have only one wish and it would be for peace? What would it look like? What would happen when we focused on that quality? What would a spiritual practice based in peace look like on a daily basis? Let’s begin by asking ourselves, “What is peace?” How would we define it?
The first definition that I really resonate with is that peace is the feeling that accompanies the knowing of Truth. When something is true you get that clunk in your stomach that says, “Ah, yes!” and that’s when you know that you know something. It is the test that lets you know that you are following God’s will. How do you know when you know? It feels peaceful. Isn’t that true? When you are trying to make a decision, but you are not quite sure it is the right decision, you’ll go down one path in your mind and
it will get you all agitated. Then you go down another path in your mind until that feeling says, “Ah, yes!” and that’s when you know.
What’s it like when you hear truth? Do you feel peace when people are arguing? No. But, when you start hearing the Truth, even if it is something you don’t quite grasp yet, something in you just feels it; something in you knows. We are using the word feeling here as a deep belief, a deep knowing, a deep understanding that there is Truth present. When you know something, that’s pretty automatic, isn’t it? It’s not something we need to figure out. Peace is the natural state of our being, because the natural state
of our being is to live in Truth.
