Have you found peace yet?

Question

Care to share?

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Answer 1

nope. not really. i care too much about the suffering i see going on in this world. the decimation of this beautiful planet, the destruction of the future, children living like abused and neglected animals. even if you aren't yet directly affected by what is going on on this planet, in my opinion, only the heartless or the severely mentally impaired could find peace while surrounded by the misery of other living beings.

Answer 2

Yes, and gave it up. I wish I could tell you why. I joyful and content all the time, but I chose something else, and at the time, in my "higher state" it made perfect sense. Now, while in this valley, I sometimes wondered, but recently, having come through much of the trouble I have (nothing bad, just normal living), I have come to realize how much I didn't understand even while having experienced all that I had.

I have immensely more peace than most people, but there is so much more possible. I'm returning to that state, little by little, now.

I don't have a religion, or anything to sell. I experienced God directly when I was 17, and promptly went to psychologist to be sure I hadn't had a psychotic break. The cat-scan was negative, I didn't take drugs or drink, and the psychologist said he really couldn't see any negative effects and I seemed to have a lot of positive effects from the experience. He offered to talk to me if I needed to talk to someone (after three sessions) and sent me on my way. The next 9 months was bliss, utterly without anger, fear, frustration, or worry. Life was sooo easy, despite problems that occured, they were just problems. Things just fell in my lap, and reality was so clear.

It still is, in many ways that aren't "normal", and life now is very fulfilling, particularly with my wife (11 years) and daugher (1 year).

Enjoy your search. Find others to walk with, but don't get too attached to any one path. Keep walking.

Answer 3

Several years ago I had an unusual experience concerning an uncle, a distant relative who lived over a thousand miles away.

While driving my car I suddenly felt the unmistakable presence of this relative that I hardly even knew. He was more like someone I had heard about than someone I knew. It was very strange; it felt as though I was momentarily lifted right out of my physical body. I seemed to be suspended somehow beyond space and time, bathed in a love so intense It felt like I could have just disappear into it at any moment if It would have let me. It only lasted for a few seconds, but it seemed to last forever at the same time. I realize how crazy this must sound. The experience was so strong that at first I was afraid I was loosing my grip on reality. I finally managed to chalk it up to an over active imagination.

Three days later I got a call from my aunt telling me that this uncle we are talking about had gone into a coma and died the day I had the experience. It felt like ice water had been poured down my back when she told me this. I had lost any real ideas of God or faith and had become somewhat of an atheist. Needless to say this experience caused me to rethink some of the conclusions I had come to.

I feel blessed to now understand that even in our darkest confusion something loves us so much that it went out of its way to assist me and bring me back to a state of absolute certainty about Gods love for us.
During the experience it seemed like there was a vast amount of information that I was somehow allowed access to. One thing that I came away from this experience understanding beyond any shadow of a doubt was that any Idea that God is unhappy with us or would judge or allow us to be punished for any reason is simply impossible.

I can’t explain the love I felt with words. They simply don’t make words big enough or complete enough to do this. The only way I can begin to convey this love to you is to say that there was simply nothing else there. Nothing but love. No hint of judgment, no displeasure of any sort. It is as though God sees us as being as perfect as we were the day we were created. It is only in our confused idea of ourselves that we seem to have changed.

I hope this is of some help to you. Good luck. Love and blessings.

Your brother don

Answer 4

the awe and beauty of the universe revealed by science

Answer 5

my religion is hinduism, is self content, so it is peaceful. I am not at peace yet, i am still trying to validate my faith with my life.

Answer 6

I found it, but it's hard to hold onto for long.

Answer 7

Yep; and it certainly was NOT in Christianity.