Finding Inner Peace To Further World Peace

The world has always been challenged with finding peace. So we may pray for peace, yet we can only control finding that place of peace within. This is a meditation and talk delving into finding peace.

Transcript

A very big aloha.

I'm Rev.

Cindy Palos,

And I'd like to talk to you about the old phrase,

I think it came from China a long time ago,

May you live in interesting times.

I've always felt that I have,

And I've been around a long time,

And I've seen so many changes as the world continues to grow rapidly.

The latest change I've been watching when I'm recording this is the U.

S.

Involvement in the situation in Tehran and the bombing that happened earlier when I recorded this.

And it is interesting to see how we don't always think we'll get into war,

And yet somehow we do.

Somehow we do.

You have lots of different ways to explain this,

But I'm not going to go into all of the ways it can be explained or the reason for it.

But I am going to talk about how we can be aware of the news and yet not let it influence our state of mind.

And I'm a person that does believe in knowing what's going on in the world,

Partly because I've been in radio most of my life,

And there's always been newscasts and things that happen there.

And I feel a responsibility to stay in touch with what's going on in the world.

I live on Maui,

And it's very easy,

And many people who come to Maui do not keep up with what's going on in the world.

They come here,

And you can easily live in your own little world here,

You know,

Be pretty happy and not be involved with that.

But I do feel it's important for me,

At least,

To be aware,

Because it's a one world nation.

These days we are one world.

And yet in the one world situation,

There's always things that will come up.

And I doubt it's going to influence me personally,

But there's definitely an overall psyche to the world and to our nation and to the way it's involved with the world.

And that's intensified,

You know,

And you can't ignore that really,

Even if you don't engage in it,

You don't have to be engaging in it to be aware of what's going on.

Now amidst all of that,

There is this amazing power to be able to be centered in your higher self,

In your meditation,

In your awareness.

I've been seeing a lot of people post saying peace,

Peace,

Peace,

You know,

And some beautiful posts about peace.

And I have written two albums on peace.

One thing I have thought so much about,

And I've gotten a couple of peace awards,

Is that the basis for peace comes from within.

And as much as we can pray for peace in the world,

Which is definitely a wonderful thing to pray for peace,

The prayers for inner peace are all we can really see an effect for.

And if we find our inner peace,

We can hopefully radiate that out and share it in the world.

There's so many people that are in this world right now who are self-aware,

Who meditate,

Who pray for peace.

It's an amazingly huge,

Beautiful force of energy.

Now can this make a difference in a situation that we see spiraling to a degree?

And I don't know,

You know,

That's an interesting question.

You wish to pray for peace in the point that it really can make a difference with what some of the world leaders decide to do.

I am not convinced that we can change the way some of the world leaders react or act in any way,

Even if we're supposedly supposed to have a voice for it.

I've seen some people do posts saying you have to be involved in posting this way or that.

You have a commitment to having to express this.

And again,

I'm not convinced that that is going to make a difference.

Now we certainly have our right to pray for peace and have our own opinions about what brings that about.

But the only thing we really can control is our own inner peace.

And I know that when you meditate and when you go inside and you are in that state that you're connected to your inner self and your light in your soul,

That you can find a state of peace.

And even just finding that can be challenging.

Even just getting to that clear light of peace inside for everyone can be an interesting challenge,

Let alone when the world engages you as it will in different ways in your personal life and what goes on in your personal life.

Because if you have unresolved things happening in your life,

They'll come up.

I mean,

When you go to sit and meditate,

You'll probably be aware that there might be some things that are talking to you in your subconscious mind,

Your lower conscious awareness,

That there might be things that you have to be aware of to understand and put them to a place of peace.

You know,

If we all can find that place of peace inside,

It's a wonderful thing.

But when we say all,

Are we including those in the world that don't agree with our way of thought?

Are we including those who are angry at what the countries have done?

And I don't think we can necessarily.

There are individuals in every country who are aware.

There are individuals in every country who pray for peace.

But it doesn't mean that they're in control of their country.

In fact,

Most people who pray for peace may not have that ability to do what you have to do to become in control of a country.

And that's an interesting thing,

Right?

I mean,

You have to do a lot of negotiating,

Dealing to become in charge of any particular place in the world.

So all we can do is let our own peace be present in us.

And then we can really just go to that place of peace and really try to spread that peace in our own life,

In our own actions,

In our own abilities to influence what we can influence in the world.

And the hard part is when you're going through challenging or difficult times,

People are going to want to talk about the challenging things going on,

Or they're wanting to express their anger,

And they're being upset by what's going on.

So then you have,

Again,

The choice of how you engage with people who wish to engage you in their anger about what's going on.

And all you can try to do is hold that place of peace and understanding when that happens.

This takes a lot of ability.

This takes a lot of strength,

And it takes a lot of inner peace.

It does.

It takes a lot of inner peace.

So I do encourage everyone.

I encourage everyone to be strong in their inner peace,

To be aware that this is an energy that's going on,

And for you to be able to be at peace.

There's so many people who have beautiful messages and wonderful pieces that they've created about peace.

You can take the time to surround yourself in that awareness and those beautiful pieces of peace.

Pieces of peace are good.

And then it can actually create an energy field.

Is it a big enough energy field to change things that are going on with the world leaders?

I'm not sure.

I wish I could say yes.

The UN's been grappling with this for a long time.

You know,

Since,

Was it 1948 when it began?

It's been going on a while.

And so far it hasn't been able to control the situations that sometimes spiral out of control by world leaders.

So obviously we're going to have to just be strong inside ourselves and to be aware of what we engage in and how we react to what we engage in with our power of our belief for peace.

I think it's really wonderful at this time to surround yourself in peace,

To think of peace,

To listen to beautiful peace pieces.

Pieces of peace are beautiful.

And I think it does make a difference and it certainly will help you to stay strong in that place of peace inside.

And possibly,

Just possibly,

You're laying a groundwork,

An energy field that will make a difference and help others to find that sense of peace.

And that place of peace is so valuable and so beautiful inside.

And I know that the group of people that are listening to this are already aware of this and doing this.

They're not the ones that are at war.

They're not the ones who are trying to make war.

But all we can do as peace lovers and lovers of that state of being is to be strong and stronger than ever in our own inner peace,

In our own awareness of what it takes,

What it takes to completely be at peace.

Now,

Let's take a little time here,

A little time to delve into,

To really go to that place of peace inside.

And as always,

We start out with just being aware of how we're sitting.

You know,

How is your body aligned?

Is your neck and your spine comfortable within itself?

And is your body at peace with itself?

Has it been able to find that place where you feel comfortable just sitting still?

So draw that in and take some wonderful,

Deep,

Clearing breaths.

Breathing in,

And holding,

And breathing out.

Breathing in,

Being aware of how you are sitting,

Feeling,

Sensing your own inner peace.

And breathe out.

Very easily,

Just focus on your breath.

Breathing in,

Holding,

And releasing that breath.

Breathing in,

And that breath.

Breathing peace into your entire being.

Being in the center of your light within.

Expanding that light all around you as you breathe in,

And breathe out.

Ah,

My neck just cracked.

Breathing in,

And breathing out.

And expand your light.

Expand your light awareness.

Expand that love that you are,

That holds that place of peace within.

And allow that beautiful place of peace to be present throughout the entire area where you live.

And sense that beauty of that wonderful peace radiating out all around you,

Further and further around you.

And going into the energy field of your entire area.

Further and further out.

Coming from inside,

And radiating peace outwards,

Outwards.

Radiating it out to the country.

Sending that love and that peace out to the world.

Seeing that light and love of peace surrounding the world.

See it surrounding the entire world as if it was being sent by heaven.

In a wonderful ray of beautiful light and love,

The whole world is surrounded in the light and love of peace.

How does that feel?

Allow it to go to the places in the world that especially need that wonderful radiance.

Love and light of peace.

And allow that energy from the highest place,

That source of all,

To let that energy do its work,

Do its wonderful,

Wonderful healing work in the world.

Not directed by you,

But that higher energy.

And allow that energy to be felt by you and the world.

Breathe it in,

And breathe it out.

Believe it's possible for the world to feel this beautiful,

Radiant energy.

And allow that energy to slowly come back around the world,

Around the place you live,

And back into your own heart and soul.

And be so grateful,

So very grateful for that work,

That light,

That love from the highest source,

To be able to do its wonderful,

Radiant work.

That power that it brings to people to be strong in that light of peace,

The love of peace.

And we're so,

So grateful for that.

And I'm so very grateful to you for taking the time to be a part of this beautiful energy that is there within you and within all beings.

May you always live in the light of peace.

God bless you always.

Reviews

Pieces of Peace, yes. Thanks for sharing your wisdom and spirit Rev Cindy. It's always a blessing to meditate with you.
Love and blessings to you Dear 🩷

Aloha Cindy! Thank you for this reminder. Sending love and light! 🌊💙🌀💫🙏

Thank you, a beautiful meditation of Peace.
Blessings 🙌