30.Reflecting on Being at PEACE

Hello! Welcome to this sacred space … to this quiet moment …

to our reflective, meditative time together!

I’m Bill Bauman, and I’m deeply honored

to invite us to reflect together now on …

… Being at PEACE WITH …!

Ahh, being at peace! Sounds delicious, doesn’t it?

Over the years of my own human journey, I’ve noticed that,

above and beyond everything else,

there has been one spiritual invitation—I’d even label it a spiritual calling--

that has consistently risen to the fore, announced its utmost importance

and demanded my continued loyalty:

to be totally at peace!

As a consequence, no matter what has happened to or around me,

I found myself asking: Am I at peace regarding it?

If the answer has ever been ‘no,’ the solution has always been for me

to dig deep within, find that center-space of inner peace

and reside in its tranquil home …

and then, and only then, would I seek an external solution to the issue.

And, as you can imagine, quite often, once I was in a place of inner peace,

I no longer felt a need to try to change to external circumstance.

How about you? How important is inner peace to you?

How much does your soul’s wisdom call you to it,

your love-filled heart beckon you to it, or your quantum truth invite it?

Whatever your response to this very personal question,

let’s assume that some source of wisdom within you led you

to spend these special moments with me today

so that inner peace can thrive within you more powerfully.

Let’s take a short journey within you now!

Let’s travel to your center zone within, where inner peace already lives!

Let’s find that empty, quiet space, where neutrality reigns supreme!

Let’s invite ourselves into its inner sanctum, where nothing looks like a problem!

As we’re now in that zone, let’s breathe in the pure air of its quiet peace!

Let’s drink in the delicious juice of its non-judgment

and enjoy the satisfying meal of its well-cooked detachment!

In other words, let’s bathe in the warm waters of your very own inner peace!

Here we are, you and I—breathing, drinking and embracing this internal home.

As we’re bathing in its warm waters, I invite you to notice

a unique quality about this space: the complete absence of issues,

perceived problems and the often irritating “stuff” of daily life.

Notice the allure of this space’s emptiness,

find its state of pure neutrality,

be in awe of its state of peace in relation to everything,

identify with its quiet detachment from human drama

and witness its state of “in-love-ness” toward everything in creation.

The remarkable truth is that all these qualities of peace are your qualities.

This inner home of alluring peace is your inner home;

this inner sanctum of pure peace is YOU—

the ‘you’ that lives in its sweet depths, every day of your life,

the ‘you’ that is a wise sage as you objectively walk through human life,

the ‘you’ that consistently knows your life to be a fantasized dream

and the ‘you’ that is aware that you’re here to wake up to and live in

this quantum-rich, soul-infused and heart-propelled state of

inner peace!

I have another invitation for you.

Now that we’re marinating in these sacred waters of your “inner peace zone,”

now that we’re drinking in its refreshing cocktail of soothing peace

and now that we’re remembering that this inner home, this center of peace,

is the real you, the quantum you, the ‘wise sage’ you,

I invite you:

Receive its new gift, the special gift that has been waiting for you until now,

the gift of expanded and expansive inner peace,

rising anew from within your deepest core,

now filling your body, energy and life force

with its savory juices of quietness, centered-ness and, yes, peace—

as a quantumly-generated gift with fresh bells and whistles on it!

Can you feel the silent waves of peace as they fill your awareness?

Can you experience the tender touch of inner peace

vibrating within the internal fabric of everything human within you?

Can you sense the quiet joy of your body’s cells and molecules

as they are relaxing into these soothing energies of peace”?

And can you witness the bigger truth that is happening behind the scenes—

the truth that this new gift of inner peace is penetrating your mind’s thoughts,

softly establishing itself as a central player in your human-ness

and giving new shape to your self-concept?

As you and I look at your self-concept now, at who and what you are,

we just might express what we see something like this:

“What a beautifully peace-filled soul you are!”

“What a non-judgmental, objective, neutral being of peace you are!”

“ What a dynamic presence you are on this earth of ours

as you bring peace into our presumed dramas and issues

and as you bless us with your own inner peace every day!”

Thank you for being this rich presence of peace!

Thank you for allowing your deepest levels of peace to fill you anew!

And thank you for receiving this precious gift of expanded peace today!

May the hours ahead witness the wonder of your peace

as it blesses everything on earth!