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Spirituality - Thirteen Keys for Finding Inner Peace
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Ilenya_Marrin]Ilenya Marrin
A gentleman from West Africa wrote to me asking, "How can one achieve that inner peace?" Here is my answer.
1. Meditate or do spiritual exercises. This will give you a reference point for it that will eventually spill over into your daily life.
2. Practice your faith consistently. You'll develop strength to see you through adversity, plus understanding of purpose for it.
3. Practice gratitude for everything in your life. Even the things you don't like are here for your learning and growth. Gratitude leads to inner peace.
4. Look for the good in yourself. Look for the good in everything and everyone around you. A warm glow of peace will fill you when see the good.
5. Promote peace in yourself. Choose to stay calm in the face of challenges.
6. Love yourself. Self-compassion and self-nurturing creating a foundation of inner safety in which it's easier to stay calm and peaceful.
7. Forgive yourself for anything you've judged in yourself. Release and enjoy this again.
8. Let go of grudges and resentments against others. Forgive and forget for greater inner peace.
9. Practice honesty with yourself and others. When you are true to yourself, this is present.
10. Remember, you are much more than the body and personality that you normally identify with. Your core, your divine essence, is peace.
11. Focus on the positive. Expect the best, do your best, and you will receive what is best for you. Accepting this, you find inner peace.
12. Become a Neutral Loving Observer of yourself and your life. Then you can accept things you don't like, but see more choices for improvement.
13. Look at life as a grand classroom. You are here to learn and grow and uplift yourself. Greater learning and self-awareness bring inner peace.
Take any one of these suggestions and really put it to use in your life for the next month. Check to see if you feel greater inner peace at the end of the month.
And meanwhile, if you would like some compassionate stress reduction tips to help in creating inner peace, I invite you to sign up for my free 17 Simple Stress Solutions, at http://www.powerofpersonalpeace.com/optin.htm
At my website are also numerous articles on meditation and personal and spiritual growth. Also, feel free to check out my articles on success, less stress, and my Ask Dr. Ilenya advice column at my blog, http://lovingyoursuccess.blogspot.com
Dr. Ilenya Marrin is a spiritual counselor, inspirational speaker and author of ebooks The Power of Personal Peace: Reducing Stress by Loving Yourself from the Inside Out and 77 Loving Steps for Success.
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Summary: In answer to a question from a man in West Africa, I came up with 13 keys for achieving inner peace. From meditation to self-compassion to seeing life as a grand classroom, these are points to practice for cultivating inner peace.
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