Day 351 of 365 - Peace Within, Peace Without

It's September 21, which is the International Day of Peace.  There are many global events occurring to facilitate our awareness of and contribution to the experience of peace in our world.  There is no better place to start than in our own hearts and minds.  If we are not at peace within ourselves, it is challenging to have any kind of sense of peace around or beyond us.

There are various in person or online activities which we can participate in, if we like to have a sense of community as we focus on peace.  But, if that does not fit into what's going on with our day, even just spending a few minutes doing the little practice recommended by the Heart Math Institute can contribute to the energy vibration of global peace.

Simply place one or both hands over your heart, close your eyes and imagine that you are gently breathing in and out through your heart.  When you feel peaceful within, then imagine radiating that out to the world like a radio signal.  That's it.  This is actually measurable as an electromagnetic signal.

When millions of people around the world are intentionally focused on peace, there is a measurable difference in the energetic vibration of the earth.  You can learn more about how these things are measured on the Heart Math Institute website, as I've referred to in other posts before.

What would a peaceful world look like?  It would be one where we are concerned with one another's welfare, and where conflict does not cause violence.  It would be a world where we work through our differences in healthy ways.

When we start with cultivating our own inner peace, we are less likely to come into conflict with others and more open to finding peaceful solutions to problems.

May you have an experience of peace within today, or be a channel of peace for another.  As John and Yoko said fifty years ago in their peace sit-in, 'all we are saying, is give peace a chance'.


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