A Peaceful Focus

Whatever thoughts may come to me during the day, I will always find myself coming back to one thing: the universe, my connection with it or the lack of it when I am feeling less than connected. I miss it when it is not there, the lack of peace of mind is now obvious - of course, the universe is always there but my ability to feel connected with it varies from day to day. The more I bring it to mind, the more I feel connected and at peace.

This inner peace and knowing is a result of my connection. I can often tell if my connection or awareness is not strong, usually because I experience stress or annoyance. Once noticed, the discomfort can usually be removed quickly and connection restored. All I can say is that life is so much better when the connection is strong. Mostly this comes from regular and repeated practice; thinking about the universe, intending to be connected with it and aware of being so connected.

Thus it is that I am able to move forward in life with relative ease. When challenges arise now, my awareness of the universe allows me to regain peace of mind, often immediately but always within a short time. A doubt or a fear comes to mind and I am on it like a shot and it is gone in an instant in all but the most extreme circumstances. The key, however, it noticing it in the first place: so accustomed we have become to stress and discomfort that we take it for granted and let it sit untamed, sometimes for days, weeks, months or even years at a time. Now, such a horror is unimaginable for me, but I suffered with it for some 40 odd years, like an apparently incurable illness, yet it isn’t.

It has taken quite a while to get to this stage: the initial method had to be practiced, the muscle built and the impact felt more and more until it became second nature. Like any new practice, it takes commitment and patience to attain a level of mastery, a a level of peace and trust, and whilst I think I have attained quite a good level of it, I can also see that I have a long way to go to get the sort of level of inner peace one sees in the leading gurus and monks around the world.

I now feel able to share what I have achieved and will probably do a series of short videos on the subject in the coming weeks. Anything to help others find the peace of mind and happiness that I have come to experience and expect most of the time, something that before was but a remote dream as I struggle though life with a business, mortgages and seemingly endless worries. Once taken on, there can be no turning back, the prospect too painful to bear. Fortunately there is no need to turn back but simply to commit to following it and let the rest unfold as it will.