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Peace for Dummies

Thursday, March 28, 2019,
Still enjoying a wonderful week of vacation.

My internal alarm is getting me up at 5:00AM, so I plod out into the kitchen for coffee.

It's 8:23AM as I type this post, and I'm feeling well, but I can tell that my brain is flying around.  I'm going to focus on mental control in today's practice.

Thursday, March 28, 2019 (Part II)
I focused my mind and breath with greater intent today and I believe it paid off.

It is extremely tricky to control your mind.  Try to "not think" about anything for any length of time, and your mind starts to stir, almost within seconds.  You'll start thinking about work, friends, to-do lists, that embarrassing thing you did in the 7th grade; you'll start thinking about "not thinking" and if you're doing enough "not thinking" to really be "not thinking".

I joke with what I'm writing above, but your brain really does flit around like that almost all of the time.

Making your "internal voice" go silent can be done, however, and when your mind is quiet, things seem much more still, tangible, and small.  Your problems, that once seemed enormous and complex, seem trivial and simple, "why did I ever worry about that".   I suppose this is a cheater's guide to gaining peace, but it works and is a marvelous habit that you form when you practice yoga.

It's difficult to maintain this peace once you leave your mat, as I'm about to do, but, like anything, it quickly becomes a habit.

Time to shower up and enter the world.

Namaste

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