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Weenjoyinnereaceandfeelhayandsatisfiedwhenlifeflowssmoothlyandwehaveagoodjob，goodrelation-shis，goodhealth，andourfinancial；situationisgood。Whenthereisnothingtoworryabout，notensionandnohurry，weareateace。

Inday-to-daylifeitisnotalwayslikethis。Thereisalwayssomethingthatcausesworry，tensionandlackofease，anddoesnotletusfeeleaceful。Insiteofthis，wecanenjoyeaceregardlessofouroutercircumstances。Peaceofmindisaninnerstateandisindeendentofouterconditions1。Whywaitforneverforcircumstancestobe

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Aersonmayberichoroor。Onemaybehealthyorsick，free，orliveinclosedcell。Innereaceandcalmnessiswithinreachofeveryone。Onecanbeaslave，theotherfreeman，yetbothhavetheotentialtoenjoyeaceofmind。

Peaceofmindseemstobeinthisworldbutoutofthisworld。Itisexeriencedhereandnow，yetindeendentofoutercircumstances。Innercalmnessandserenitycanbeexeriencedevenunderthemosttryingcircumstances。Ofcoursesometrainingisneededfirst。

ThoughtsandPeaceofMind

Thoughtsariseinusandwethinkthem。Wemaychoosetoignorethemandexeriencerealinnerfreedom，orwemaychoosetowaterthemwiththeowerofourattentionandmakethemgrow。

Whenyouhavetothink，chooseonlyositive，hayandulifting2thoughts。Thinkaboutandimagineonlywhatyoureallyandtrulydesireandthatwillcometoass。Alwaysrememberthatlifeisshaedaccordingtoyourthoughts。

Whenthemindissilentthereishainessinsideandhainessoutside。

Itisagreatassetandadvantagetobeabletosilencethemindwhenitsservicesarenotneeded。

Theattainmentofserenityofmind，whichisactuallyfreedomfromthecomulsionofincessantthinking，isoenforeveryone，rovidedtheroertrainingistaken。Justreadingthisarticleyouwillnotbringyoueaceofmind。Whenyouunderstandthevalueofinnereace，andyouhaveatruedesiretosucceed，nothingcanstandinyourway。Thoughthisisaninnerower，thewaytoits；attainmentisnotdifferentfromothertangiblegoals。Workandersistencearenecessary。

Mosteoleareenslavedbytheirthoughts。Itdoesnotoccurtomanthathecanbecomefreefromtheirgras。Fromthemomentwewakeuinthemorningtothemomentwefallasleeatnight，thischatterofthemindcontinuesincessantly。Thehabitofthinkingisverydeelyingrainedinthehumanrace。Yet，thishabitcanbeundone。

Tochangeorstoahabitwehavetoactconsciouslyintheoositedirection。Whatevernewskillwedevelo，wehavetoworkatituntilitturnsintosecondnature，andbecomeseasytoerform。Thesameiswithmindcontrol。

Truecontrolofthemindisnotjusttheabilitytoconcentrateononethoughtanddisregardotherthoughts。Itistheabilitytocleansethemindcomletelyandmakeitsilent。AgreatIndiansagesaid：

"Mindisonlyabundleofthoughts，stothinkingandshowmethemind。

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Whenoneisreallyfreefromthoughtshebecomesfreefromthemindasbothareoneandthesamething。Onecomestoseeandunderstandtheillusivenessofthemind。Whenthecloudshidethesun，itisstillthere，beyondtheclouds。OurEssence，ourinnerSelf，isalwayshere。Weonlyneedtoremovethesheetsandcoversthatenveloeitinordertoexerienceeaceandcalmness。Thesesheetsandcoversareourthoughts，ideas，habitsandbeliefs。Idonotmeantotellyouthatyouhavetostousingyourmind。Youneeditinordertocarryonyourlife。ImeanthatithastobeunderthecontroloftheSelf。Itshouldbeyourservanttoserveyoufight，andnotyourmaster。

AdviceforAttainingSerenityofMind

YoudonthavetofeeluncomfortablewithwordssuchasSelf，InnerSelfEssence，UniversalConsciousnessetc。Theymaynowseemtoyoumeaningless

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"words，buttheyarenot。Theysymbolize3somethingveryreal，nothazyconcets。Concentrationandmeditationmakethesewordsmeaningful。Advancingonthesiritualathisnotsomethinghazy，imaginativeandunracticalassomemayimagine。ByersonalexerienceyouwillcometoreallyknowwhatImean。

Everyonecanlearnanewlanguage，butnoteveryonecanreachthesamelevelofexertise。Everyonecanengageinbodybuilding，aintingorwriting，buteachwillreachadifferentlevel。Itdeendsontheinneratitude，theearnestness，andthetimedevotedtothisactivity。Yet，everyonecanbenefitfromtheseactivities。Soitiswithtrainingtowardsfreedomfromthoughts。

Trytocalmyourmindwhenyoufeelagitated。Takeastebackinyourmindandwatchit。Thishasthetendencytocalmandrelaxthemind。Develoconcentrationowerandmeditate。Alltheseactionscalmthemindandmakeitserene。

Followingthesuggestionsandusingthetechniquesmentionedabovewillstartyouonamarvelousjourney。Practice，readarticlesandbooksonthesubjectandersevereinyourtraining。Onedayyoumaymeetsomeonewhomayteachyouersonally，asthesayinggoes：

"Whenthestudentisready，theteacheraears。

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Trytowatchyourthoughtsduringtheday，asiftheyarenotyours，withoutbeingsuckedintothem。Becomeconsciousofthefactthatyouarewatchingyourthoughts。Thenthisawarenessofwatchingwillincrease。

Youwillhavetoremindyourselfincessantlytoracticewatchingyourthoughts，asyourmindwillrobablymakeyouforget。Donotgiveuandyouwillsucceed。Ifyouracticeasoftenasyoucan，youwillbeonthewaytosuccess。Itmaytakesometime，buttheeffortismorethanworthwhile。

Youcanalsoincreaseyoureaceofmindbydeveloingtheowerofconcentration，bymeditation，byhysicalexerciseandbycorrectbreathing。

Theimortantthingis，ractice，ractice，andractice。Remember！

Youarenotyourmind！

Youarenotyourthoughts！

Youarenotyourideas！

Youarenotyourbeliefs！

Theymaybeyours，buttheyarenotyou。

Theyareinstrumentsyouuse，donotletthemcontrolyou。

WhatremainsaftertheyarerejectedisYou，therealI。

Whenthoughtscease，youstillexist。Thereisnovacuum4，Whentheemtiness；ofnothoughtsisreached，youbegintofeelyourexistence，yourbeing。Thisemtinessisfilledwithsomethinggreat，wonderful，owerfulandsweet。YoustartlivinginPeace。Yousailonthewaterofthecalmmind。ThisisPureExistence。

Whenyourealizethisstateyouarefreefromthoughts。

Thenyouarereallyfree。