You must fill yourself with the peace already within you

Technology has knit the world together through the Internet, social media, television, radio, emails, and text messages. Thus, we can get instantaneous news reports of what is happening throughout the globe. The outer world floods our brain and senses with a continual stream of data input. The messages from the environment around us flow into our brain, which then processes it.

What should we do if the input we receive daily is predominantly information filled with things that upset or trouble us, or put us into states of fear? The good news is that we have a choice about where to put our focus. We can decide whether to focus on what is negative, or what is positive. We have free will to determine with what we want to flood our being. One way to do this is to choose wisely how to spend our time. If we were to read or listen to the news of all the events taking place around the world, our day would be spent in that endeavour.

One solution is to fill ourselves with the peace already within us. We all have a place of calm inside us all the time. It is free from the problems and conflicts of the outer world. It is like a sea of tranquillity that lies in the stillness within us. We can dip into those healing waters anytime we want through meditation. We can balance our lives by being aware of what is happening in the world outside, and even do our best to help make it a better place, but we can also tap into the peace within us through meditation.