Welcome to "An Introductory to the Basics Towards Self Peace."
The narrative from the Video "Mitchell Zen Philosophy of Life - An Introduction - Understanding Life." (View at the end)
Remember how we enjoyed picture books as a child? I feel this article and critique is also a picture book. Hopefully, a picture book of insightful knowledge that evokes an impetus towards change, and in turn, Self-Peace.
Future critiques will also be visual representations of subject significance, to arouse the psyche towards considerations. This picture book will take
you through a journey of within and the relationship to what is out there.
Future articles will cover the subject matters in more detail.
Many years ago, I
realized something wasn’t quite right with living in our society. There had to
be more than surviving, achieving, competing, materialism, wanting and needing.
And for many, the insatiable desire for excitement and pleasure in life.
And we must not forget the complex issues of anxieties, stress and confusion for many.
There had to be something else and in time I found there was.
After much
empirical and academic knowledge, and even more time thinking, I found that
life is about peace, contentment and belonging to something more profound than
what we see in society. It is not about what society offers. It is about
finding, and then being in touch with our inner divine nature intelligence. It is where all our
needs and wants dissolve enabling a new more enlightened Self.
This is separate
to societies influences. With this personal peace knowledge, we are able to
make clear, important and informed choices about our life, rather than following
what society projects as the absolute life.
To start this
process, it is necessary to question everything you had thought was life;
everything taught, and everything that revolves around our mechanistic society.
Studying psychosomatics is fundamentally
important, as this is how we learn how our body and mind communicates. It also gives
us the understanding of how our body operates and how our brain functions. With
this knowledge we can begin to find the knowledge of Self and why we are the
way we are.
Many people are unaware there is a difference
between personality and behaviour. Personality must be isolated from behaviour,
as in many instances of life behaviour is driven by a primitive emotion
programmed within us over the years as a primitive survival response and are
not a true indicator of our true Self. These can have a very negative directive
influence on our life.
Your emotional
reactions today are related to your programmed past and if not understood
become negative influences over a lifetime. Reactions are detrimental to Self
and others around you. They are negative. Children psychologically suffer, and
carry this into their adolescent life and into adulthood.
The one thing to
remember is you are not who you really think you are. You have been born,
taught and conditioned to believe it is you and this has influenced your growth
of personality and behaviour. You are also part of a long list of genetic ancestors
where each have influenced your Self, starting in uterus, and throughout your
growth in life.
We all have our personal
divine nature intelligence. Knowing this and activating this, overrides and
regulates emotion and provides us with the ability to stop and think, and in
turn think coherently. Giving you the ability to assess your life with a
calmness that is essential to a change in life. It gives us autonomy over our life and provides
us with the impetus development to be the true person we really are and want to
be. This is separate to conditioning and separate to societal life.
One of the components
to achieve Self-Peace is to listen and observe yourself as you function through
life. Be patient with this. Listen to how you think, behave, respond,
communicate and also be an observer of others. Build on this knowledge of Self, calmly, and you will grow within.
You can only find
yourself by being by yourself. I call this Zen time. A time of self-meditation.
A time to listen to yourself and observe yourself in peaceful surroundings with
nature. Combining the essential ingredients to understand will develop your
appreciation of your True Self.
And to also spend
time alone with nature because this is your natural resource for Self-Connection.
It is a time to reflect and observe your thoughts and your life during these
times. You may find this confronting because your life has been based on doing things
rather than thinking.
Remember, you have become accustomed to a life you
thought was right. It is now time to re-evaluate if you want your Self-Peace.
Growth and change take
time and with focus, attention and knowledge about Self, you can build on this academic
and empirical knowledge you have gathered, to find the inner person you desire.
Stop, Think and be Patient.
Life is not solely about society pleasures or excitement or
superficial wants and needs. Life is about changing to find personal peace,
contentment and belonging so you are able to make coherent and stable choices
in life. It is not about what you see out there in our society, but rather what
is inside us all. It is about knowing yourself, outside of nurturing and
conditioning.
Life is about finding Your true Self and the person that is
untouched by society influences.
Everyone of us desires a sense of contentment, peace, and
belonging in life. Part of this is to study and learn about yourself and why you are the
way you are.
I hope this Introduction to the Basics of Self Peace will provide a type of impetus for you to start and reach your inner Self, to gain a more understanding about your life, and appreciate life with a more calm and peaceful appreciation of life.
I can tell you now: “It is worth the effort and the journey.”
(c) Mitchell Zen
