Welcome to this meditation for International Day of Peace.
For a few moments,
Set aside the noise of the world,
The arguments,
The headlines,
The divisions,
All that can rest outside these walls.
Here,
You and I come together in a simple wish,
Peace.
Not a political peace that depends on agreement,
But a living peace that breathes within the heart.
Peace begins as a breath.
Feel the breath entering.
Feel the breath leaving.
Gentle.
Constant.
Steady.
As we breathe,
We become softer.
Breath flows.
Peace flows.
As we breathe,
Reconnecting with the deep peace that lives within our heart.
Peace flows.
We rest here,
Still,
Open.
When I am peaceful,
I do not keep that peace to myself.
It moves outward.
Just as sound travels through the air.
As warmth radiates from the flame.
Just as light emanates from the source.
So peace also travels.
Radiates.
Emanates.
So we send peace to every heart in need.
We send peace to all.
Peace to the children of every land.
Peace to the elders who remember gentler times.
Peace to the leaders.
Peace to the forgotten.
Now,
Let this circle widen as we send peace to all species who share this planet with us.
To the birds who carry songs across the sky.
To the fish who move silently through oceans.
To the animals of field and forest.
To the small,
Hidden lives we cannot see who share this earth with us.
We send peace to the lands,
The seas,
The skies.
To the mountains,
Standing tall.
To the rivers,
Winding through valleys.
To the deserts,
The forests,
The great oceans.
The peace I hold within is quietly felt by the world around me.
In these moments,
We become instruments of peace,
Lighthouses of peace.
Not by striving,
Not by pushing,
But simply by being still.
Being gentle and connecting to our inner peace.
Peace travels like warmth,
Like light.
We are transmitters with a soft,
Powerful intention.
Let us radiate.
Emanating peace to the world.
And this peace is not lost when we finish this meditation.
It lingers in the air.
It accompanies us wherever we go.
And it continues its journey from heart to heart,
From place to place without boundary.
May all beings know peace.
Feel peace.
May peace flow freely.
And may it begin here,
With me,
With you,
With us.
