Are you at peace within?

Yes. I am happy and at peace.  There may be difficulties and issues but these do not dusrturb my peace of mind. 

I don't think most of us are, At least I am not. The day I say I am in peace, I will rest in Peace.

Not all the time, there are times when you are not happy and at peace but at times you are happy and at peace with yourself...It is not a permanent feeling !

I'm Happy. But, it doesn't mean my  happiness is always free from some Ups and Downs. I'm afraid such blessed people who are there who are free from Ups and Downs

Being satisfied and happy with one's life is probably different from being entirely at peace. The day one needs nothing more in life the he probably loses charm of active life. Life is the name of continues efforts and struggles which takes some of the peace away from one's life. 

Life has two sides to it like a coin, keeping your peace while it takes a tumble is what I call peace within or inner peace.  If we are at peace only when things go right we do not accept life as it is Accepting life as it comes and being at peace within is the true art of living in peace. 

If life has two sides like a coin. It means, the sum total of these two sides  makes a coin. Hence I conclude any life is made of turbulence and tranquility.

If wants are few and can be fulfilled, if desires are normal, notwithstanding usual ups and downs mostof the time we are at peace within. It is the non acceptance of one's limitations  in achieving unreasonable goals that one loses one's internal peace. 

And there begin all the problems, a person cannot live a life without having desires unless of course he has decided to live in a jungle leaving all his gadgets behind.  

Very true. Wants are limitless. Even a mendicant who lives in the deep jungle will always wants to have more loin clothes. That is his  never ending want.

"Chah gayi, chahat gayi, huwa manvah beparvah / jako kachu na chahiye voh asli shahan ko shah" meaning wants and desires have all gone and the heart has become careless / the one who does not want anything is the real king of kings. I think it is the great Kabir's doha. A goal to be achieved or the difference to be narrowed as much as possible. Peace within will be directly proportional to it. 

Maybe I will become a king of Kings the day my income will reduce (and it will certainly reduce the way interests are going down and the inflation is going up. That will be my chance of living an absolute peaceful life 

A pertinent point supporting with a Kabir Doha. But the reality is wants are endless. And along with them peace of mind diminishes in an inverse proportion. Mental peace with limitless wants is a goal that can never be achieved.

suni51 wrote:

Maybe I will become a king of Kings the day my income will reduce (and it will certainly reduce the way interests are going down and the inflation is going up. That will be my chance of living an absolute peaceful life 

Eat with the rich and sleep with the poor.

Let the be peace be with you for eternity.

Happiness and Peace , both relate to our state of mind at a particular given point. One can be positive all the time which makes one look at the bright side of life inspite feeling down in the dumps. If you can achieve that you will be relatively happy and at peace when things are under control !

vijay wrote:

suni51 wrote:

Maybe I will become a king of Kings the day my income will reduce (and it will certainly reduce the way interests are going down and the inflation is going up. That will be my chance of living an absolute peaceful life 

Eat with the rich and sleep with the poor.

 

Sure, I will eat with you and sleep at Bondi beach 

 

I am also in the same boat like you so better let us go to Bondi beach together.

suni51 wrote:

vijay wrote:

suni51 wrote:

Maybe I will become a king of Kings the day my income will reduce (and it will certainly reduce the way interests are going down and the inflation is going up. That will be my chance of living an absolute peaceful life 

Eat with the rich and sleep with the poor.

 

Sure, I will eat with you and sleep at Bondi beach 

Better stop eating one time  for an undisturbed and peaceful life

 

 

rambabu wrote:

suni51 wrote:

vijay wrote:

suni51 wrote:

Maybe I will become a king of Kings the day my income will reduce (and it will certainly reduce the way interests are going down and the inflation is going up. That will be my chance of living an absolute peaceful life 

Eat with the rich and sleep with the poor.

 

Sure, I will eat with you and sleep at Bondi beach 

Better stop eating one time  for an undisturbed and peaceful life

Come on big bro, the situation will be more unpeaceful if I ate just one time. To keep things under control I will have to eat an  extra time.

You know there is Glenwood Gurudwara with 24 hours lungar service close to Bondi beach, so that will take care of me.