How can we attain true peace?
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How can one obtain true peace? Actually peace is not so much a state of affairs around us not even is it simply a state of mind it is actually a state of the heart. State of affairs around us means that when we are in a very peaceful setting we may go to some hill station some river some setting near nature and we feel peaceful at that yes that is definitely one level of peacefulness but the circumstances around us are not going to be always peaceful sometimes even in a forest sometimes predator animals may come or some danger may come there also so we can’t bank only on peaceful circumstances for peace now then is peace an internal state yes it is internal but even an internal actually it is not just a mind our existence is three level there is a body there is a mind and there is a soul so peace at the level of the body is not always possible peace even at the level of the mind is not always possible because sometimes we have anxieties because we have certain responsibilities you know if we don’t do our responsibilities then we are being irresponsible and doing responsibilities itself means to some extent taking up anxieties so just avoiding all agitating stimuli that itself is not the way to peace yes if something agitates us too much then we have to balance so we have to take up responsibilities but we have to take up responsibilities also according to what is manageable for us just like when somebody lifts weights while doing some workouts now they lift up weights according to their capacity or slightly more than their capacity like that we can take responsibilities according to what is our capacity or what is slightly more than our capacity if we take too much responsibility then we go into panic zone and that time we lose our peace but if we think that just for having peace I will not take up any responsibility then that is we won’t have peace because then the mind will find out some other things to do and it will create anxieties on its own that means when the mind is idle the mind will find something else to get attached to and that attachment will again create agitation so Krishna says that tyaga chanti ranantaram that shanti peace comes by detachment and detachment doesn’t mean becoming irresponsible Bhagavad Gita tells us that the best way to become detached is by becoming attached to Krishna so when we become attached to Krishna then that connection with Krishna gives us higher satisfaction that gives us higher peace and when we have that higher peace because we understand that Krishna is always with me that Krishna will always protect me when that conviction is there inside us then whatever be the problem that we face in our life that problem won’t trouble us that much because we will be connected with Krishna because we will be absorbed in Krishna and by that we will be able to get real peace so Krishna tells in 5.29 in the Bhagavad Gita bhoktaram yajnatapasam sarvaloka maheshwaram surudham sarvabhootanam jnatvamam shantim ucyate shanti real peace comes when by devotion we connect with Krishna understanding that Krishna is everything belongs to Krishna that Krishna is my greatest well wisher and everything that I have is meant for the service of Krishna when our consciousness becomes filled with Krishna like that then even if there are disturbing situations externally or even if there are disturbing things in our mind still we will have peace by our connection with Krishna so it is said that when we face disturbing situations don’t tell God how big your problems are tell your problems how big God is when we become more conscious of God’s greatness then whatever is disturbing us then we will see that to be small and then we will be able to be peaceful while dealing even with the disturbing situations