Lighter Life Letters :: Blogbeiträge
When Insight Heals What Effort Can’t
Why do some moments shift us forever, and others change nothing despite all our effort?
There was a time in my life when I was in a lot of pain, actual physical pain. For four years, the entire left side of my body hurt so badly that I could barely sleep at night.
It was difficult to bear, but the mental pain was worse. I would lie awake, haunted by the thought that something was seriously wrong with me, that I might even die from it.
Even though part of me knew this probably wasn’t true, the thought still made me anxious and heavy with dread.
I saw all kinds of doctors searching for answers. But no one could find a cause. Eventually, a specialist told me it was “all in my head.”
That made me furious! It felt like he was saying it wasn’t real.
I tried so many things to feel better — painkillers, cognitive behavioral therapy, walking, osteopathic treatment — you name it. Some of it helped, but nothing brought lasting relief.
And then, quite unexpectedly, the pain disappeare...
Embracing Radical Inner Peace
I‘m here in London at the „3 Principles Conference.“
Yesterday, the question, „What happens when you make a radical commitment to inner peace?“ drew me in and up the stairs to the second-floor lecture room.
There, Marina Romanos and Anastasia Dobrovolschi spoke about an experiment—an experiment to radically choose inner peace as often as possible and in any situation, to make it the primary soul goal above all else.
Immediately I felt the power in this simple but profound idea.
As they began to share what they had seen during their experiment, everything that came up was fundamental.
Choosing inner peace is choosing not to scare ourselves about the future.
Being committed to inner peace means following our deepest wisdom, even if that means appearing to be leaving others alone to fend for themselves.
An inner peace stance is an openness to love and the possibility of a new experience. It involves letting go (as best we can) of all judgments of ourselves, others, and the world