Entropy
Entropy: lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.
As the sense of Entropy gathers and grows around us, forming this enormous vortex of social and societal dysregulation and instability, that seems to be gathering mass and spin, how do we enter into a space that is separate from the chaos, a space that is psychologically safe? How do we keep our lives and our mental well being intact?
Separation
As one takes shelter in a stable, reinforced, designated safe place from a tornado, so one can take shelter from the chaos that seeks to disrupt our mental and psychological Peace. The act of taking shelter is an act of Separation, exit, removal from the path of onslaught. It is an INtentional relocation/movement away from danger.
How do we remove ourselves while still living in the very world from which this disruption and dysfunction emits? By Psychological Separation.
Psychological Separation
Psychological Separation is a choice. It is an INtention. It is choosing to look at the entropy that surrounds us objectively, at a distance. It is choosing not to be drawn into the vortex, instead to take shelter, to exit, to remove ourselves from exposure to the onslaught.
Psychological separation begins with reallocation of time. Instead of allocating time to those who function by stirring the fires of Fight, Flight and Freeze via conjecture, opinion and speculation, choose instead that which is present and real, which is you. It is the space you occupy in this present moment. It is choosing this as a focus. It is choosing to allocate time to this space, the space of Self, the space of you.
The Roots of Peace
As society has so unsuccessfully grasped for Peace, societal Peace, external Peace-it has ignored the only place from which Peace can grow and emanate. It must-it MUST-come from withIN. For a momentum of Peace to gather and grow, there must be an accumulation of individuals living IN a State of INternal Peace. Peace is not going to descend from above and suddenly manifest in government, society, and cultures. It must be grown from the Roots up. We are the Roots.
If every INdividual in our society held INternal Peace, what would our society be like? Can you imagine the collective calm, the collective stillness, the collective Peace?
Where to Begin Finding Peace
Peace can be found in the act of calming the Body and Mind, which precipitates inner quiet. Begin with the smallest and simplest steps.
Success in shifting perspective and behavior is rarely achieved in grand gestures and giant leaps. It begins with the smallest most accessible change that creates delight and joy, which precipitates more small accessible changes that create delight and joy (One Degree).
Start with these simple exercises. The more you practice these small changes, the more you incorporate them into your life, the more you are moved along the path to INternal Peace.
A Simple Morning Meditation (refer to Post for understanding the efficacy of this tool)
Love/Light Breathing (refer to Post for understanding the efficacy of this tool)
Two Exercises for Quieting Body and Mind (refer to Post for understanding the efficacy of these tools)
Love/Light Breathing Expanded and more Powerful
Holding Peace - Countering Entropy
We can Hold Peace in the world in which we live. We can Counter Entropy with the collective quieting of our Minds and Bodies. We can Hold Peace withIN, and for, ourselves, and we can Hold Peace withIN, and for, our world.
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