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Sissyk

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29. I've found my inner peace.

Mon Dec 23, 2013, 11:11 AM

Dec 2013

It took a while, and I couldn't possible put all the reasons for that peace here; but, one thing made a world of difference.

Do not think the worst of everyone you meet or see. They are human beings just like me so I go into it with peace; instead of reasons to dislike or distrust the person.

Even online. Behind the written word, is a human being.

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If you have found peace, what worked for you? [View all] KurtNYC Dec 2013 OP

Acceptness of who I am madokie Dec 2013 #1

+1. There's a big one: "Loving getting old" KurtNYC Dec 2013 #4

Its my present project madokie Dec 2013 #6

forgiveness Puzzledtraveller Dec 2013 #2

A Course in Miracles MoonRiver Dec 2013 #9

Heart of the matter whatchamacallit Dec 2013 #41

peace is accepting the search G_j Dec 2013 #3

Learning Transcendental Meditation did it for me. Solomon Dec 2013 #5

Where'd you learn it? fadedrose Dec 2013 #42

Contentment Coyote_Bandit Dec 2013 #7

I went through a bout of depression more than 10 years ago. Brickbat Dec 2013 #8

For me what worked was spirituality. darkangel218 Dec 2013 #10

Part of what got me to this question was the annual tempest over "happy holidays" KurtNYC Dec 2013 #19

I think there are people who feel just as strong about their anti religious just as much as some darkangel218 Dec 2013 #21

so what is "spirituality" by your definition? KatyMan Dec 2013 #22

Spirituality has many meanings for many people. darkangel218 Dec 2013 #26

pretty vague there... KatyMan Dec 2013 #36

Sorry, but its personal. darkangel218 Dec 2013 #37

then why answer in the first place with some KatyMan Dec 2013 #38

Oh gawd, just go away. darkangel218 Dec 2013 #40

What is your problem? Union Scribe Dec 2013 #74

Badgering? KatyMan Dec 2013 #79

Yes, so true fadedrose Dec 2013 #44

My own flawed definition: a focus on concepts which are not material KurtNYC Dec 2013 #32

hm. I would consider mortality, generosity and empathy KatyMan Dec 2013 #35

There is a higher plain and a lower plain( in my view ) darkangel218 Dec 2013 #39

Being absolutely honest with myself about Squinch Dec 2013 #11

Really like your points about forgiveness KurtNYC Dec 2013 #24

Yes, exactly. It's a matter of believing people when they Squinch Dec 2013 #28

Don't sweat the small shit. hobbit709 Dec 2013 #12

Peace is in this moment babydollhead Dec 2013 #13

I found peace once I learned to Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2013 #14

Easy one that. dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #15

I guess you're trying to be funny but this just sounds sad. yardwork Dec 2013 #23

A few of them were giving me grief 10 - 12 years ago. dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #25

Crushing my enemies, seeing them driven before me, hearing the lamentation of their women. Orrex Dec 2013 #16

. Liberal_in_LA Dec 2013 #73

Faith, and the realization that... meaculpa2011 Dec 2013 #17

Amen. 840high Dec 2013 #86

A dozen beers and a pipefull of homegrown. panader0 Dec 2013 #18

Dynamical meditation.... peace13 Dec 2013 #20

Through awareness Laughing Mirror Dec 2013 #27

I've found my inner peace. Sissyk Dec 2013 #29

moved to a quiet peaceful low stress level place with a fairly quite peaceful low stress level job Douglas Carpenter Dec 2013 #30

Congrats on your island life! mnhtnbb Dec 2013 #33

Getting old. I don't get excited about stuff any more. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2013 #31

I could say many things, but I do think that one wears out with age bhikkhu Dec 2013 #34

Not talking about it? Xyzse Dec 2013 #43

Realizing you aren't so important to any issue, any one at all, that you can't take a break from it. sir pball Dec 2013 #45

Buddha and the 8 fold path. Grey Dec 2013 #46

#1 Develop a healthy disgust for neurotic baggage. Waiting For Everyman Dec 2013 #47

If there is a good way, someone please let me know. Vashta Nerada Dec 2013 #48

Aristotle. What is, is, and my opinion of it is irrelevant. Egalitarian Thug Dec 2013 #49

Humility. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2013 #50

A 12 Step Program Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2013 #51

Finding peace martigras Dec 2013 #52

Music. It's the only thing that gives me true peace... SomethingFishy Dec 2013 #53

I find a life without music hard to imagine. KurtNYC Dec 2013 #67

Beer Dash87 Dec 2013 #54

Success ieoeja Dec 2013 #55

Peace with what? I never did understand this idea. Humanist_Activist Dec 2013 #56

I learned to truly live one day at a time.. SoCalDem Dec 2013 #57

Embrace the absurdity The2ndWheel Dec 2013 #58

AA and sobriety Lil Missy Dec 2013 #59

In addition to Faux pas Dec 2013 #60

The capability for inner Peace is and has always been in each of us Shankapotomus Dec 2013 #61

Finding joy in art on a daily basis and relaxing my irrelevent "standards." CTyankee Dec 2013 #62

"Trash thread by keyword" Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #63

lol. Yeah, the ignore list has brought me a lot of peace that is for sure. liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #66

being in the moment, learning to accept things as they are, and letting go. liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #64

So nice to hear that. I'm happy for you. KurtNYC Dec 2013 #68

We just recently lost a dog. He passed away. I had never owned a dog before. He showed love liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #69

Recognizing my limits and that I can not control all events worked for me. nt bluestate10 Dec 2013 #65

A simple life marked50 Dec 2013 #70

Low expectations CFLDem Dec 2013 #71

That seems like a key part of the plan libodem Dec 2013 #72

Trashing GD. eom uppityperson Dec 2013 #75

I beat up the people who were stressing me tularetom Dec 2013 #76

Life is never as we plan it. I wanted to be a field biologist. I spent years holding on to that liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #77

I'm probably about the most innerly peaceful person you'll ever find. Blue_In_AK Dec 2013 #78

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Dec 2013 #80

When it was realized that there was no me to find peace ! RagAss Dec 2013 #81

Knowing that I'm mortal liberaltrucker Dec 2013 #82

A mystical experience. Or rather, several and continuous experiences. kwassa Dec 2013 #83

I played Black Sabbath at 78 speed. BKH70041 Dec 2013 #84

I'm the happiest person in the world, but there is really no point in Zorra Dec 2013 #85

Staying out of gender war threads on DU. n/t customerserviceguy Dec 2013 #87

+1 liberal_at_heart Dec 2013 #88

This is the best thread I have ever read on DU flying rabbit Dec 2013 #89