The Peace Beyond All Understanding

By Marilu Wilson Peña, Ph. D.

December 2005

Where do you find your peace? When do you feel peace? How do you know that you are feeling peaceful? Are you simply numb?

Is it most often we think of peace when there is crisis? Do we feel the opposite of peace is ‘no worries?’ This perspective is certainly linked up to the functions of the mind. But is there a greater understanding of peace than just through the mind?

If we think peace is just the absence of worries our body wouldn’t have a play in the feelings of peace, would it? We would simply be a computer processing information and deciding which opportunity is the most optimum solution. Peace certainly is more than this. It is an emotion ~ energy in motion ~ e-motion ~ that we identify in our body by how the energy feels as it flows through us. The peaceful, ‘easy’ feeling, as the song goes. The feelings in our body lead us to know when we are peaceful.

So when do you find you are most peaceful? Is it during work, at home with family, taking a nap, enjoying your hobby? Do you ever feel peaceful? I suspect that you feel peaceful when you are enjoying ~ in joy ~ doing the things you love to do and being with those you love. Do you see that peace is really all about you?

Freedom.

Tranquility.

Harmony.

Peace.

Freedom:

Peace comes from the inside. It is the Peace beyond all understanding. It is not the peace of the mind coming to terms with daily life. Peace comes from the heart. Peace comes from the knowing of whom you are, the I AM, living and creating from this space. It is the freedom of knowing you are an infinite being made of pure, infinite love. This is the freedom from the confines of the physical mind and your link to the Divine Mind within, at one with Source. This is your freedom from ‘man’s’ rules springing you forth to the ever-present creations through love as your authentic Self.

Tranquility:

As the I Am, you create from your highest vibrations for your highest good. As a result, the kinetic effects are a gift to all! You are peaceful in following your path. While there may be a great amount of action and excitement or hard work, you are peaceful in knowing this is your path and joy is the birthchild! It is the tranquility of leading an authentic life that is true to You. Peace comes from the ability to create from your highest vibration, for your highest good while the ‘bombs drop’ around you. Peace is the release of judgment and the embracing of discernment. Know your Divine voice and speak from this place. Create from this place.

Can you embrace all of this? Can you release judgment of others actions while embracing your path for the highest? Can you embrace your path for the highest and release all the external judgment that may fly at you from other people? If you are able to live and create in accordance with your Divine Vibration, as the Creator that you are, you will find your tranquility, your peace.

Harmony:

As you create in this brilliant vibration of Divine Love and Wisdom, you will create harmony in your life. Divine Love and Wisdom only know and create balance, harmony, and beauty. There is a natural flow to your life. Are you listening? Are you allowing? Are you open to this beauty? Your authentic nature creates this harmony and beauty in your life.

Through the tranquil expression of your Divine Self, a harmonious flow and balance manifests through you. In this peaceful, harmonious alignment, the beauty exhibits itself through synchronistic events that arise out of a life you create in pure harmony of Spirit and One with all that is. Harmony, balance, beauty, efficiency, all result from love. Your life is full and rich despite that which goes on around you. You magnetize to you that which brings more beauty for like attracts like. Become amazed at the beautiful garden of love, peace, abundance and joy that is yours.

Peace:

When you are living YOUR authentic life in tranquility and harmony, you will find that there is celebration of others. We move from tolerance to the pure ‘Namaste,’ ~ the God/Goddess in me honors the God/Goddess in you. As you walk your Divine Path as God/Goddess, you are in a peaceful, loving place to celebrate the same for others! This relieves us of all tensions, worries, fears, lack issues, judgments, any separation from the ONE. The love we hold for ourselves is the same love we hold for others and this brings us to PEACE!

In light of this, I would like to close with a celebration of the many holidays that will be celebrated in this month of December, a month of many gifts. While this may not be a conclusive list of holidays and their meanings/traditions/energies, I intend for this to be an honoring of the many ways that we celebrate life, spirit and loving oneness with All That Is.

Hanukah – means dedication. The root of the word is "education." This is a festival that educates or teaches about dedicating your "temple" or "life" to God. Often called the ‘Festival of Lights’ bringing light where there is darkness.

Yule - At the winter solstice, the sun seems to "stand still" in the sky for a couple of days. (The word solstice literally means "sun standing" in Latin.) Three days after the solstice, the sun starts to rise again in the sky. This is the Jul (pronounced "Yule"), the turning of the sun. It is a time of rejoicing because it means the winter will eventually end and the summer return as the days become longer.

Kwanza – African for first fruits and celebrates the harvest. The holiday celebrates the principals of unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith.

Christmas – the celebration of the birth of Jesus, the Christ who brought teachings of unconditional love and connection with the Creator for all of us.

When looking at these celebrations, they all center around the connection of Spirit through each of us a light of the One in connection with Creator. This is the connection which brings the gift of PEACE!

Create a space in your life for freedom to love and allow your divine expression of the One. Love yourself, follow Spirit, express your Divine and peace will grace your world ~ the peace beyond all understanding! Light it up!

Shalom.

Namaste.

In Loving Oneness,

Marilu

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