Spiritual Healing
How to have inner peace to enjoy life
By Hani Al-Qasem
Apr 23, 2008

Do you find you are missing out on the great things in life? How often do you get frustrated and not see the beauty that surrounds you?

You may have your ups and downs, your annoyances and times of doubt as to how cruel this world can be. But you know what? You can acknowledge the ups and downs, the frustrations and the doubts; you can be aware of their presence and still continue to enjoy your life.

And you do so by being in total control of your inner emotions – by having total inner peace.

It is imperative that you make having inner peace your number one priority in life. When you have complete inner peace, from the core, you will reach an enviable sense of happiness and fulfilment.

By having absolute inner peace your life will be independent of the outside world – where you will not allow the provocations to take control of you.

The unpleasant and distressing events that surround you will have no influence on you. They are just events that happen in your life. The negative adverse situations will bounce off you, and the good things will further enhance your great emotions.

To attain true inner peace you will need to heal the many negative past experiences; events and incidents that you are consciously or unconsciously aware of.

It is these core beliefs that have to be challenged and replaced by empowering beliefs of peace, love and harmony. Once achieved, you will enjoy the bliss and exhilaration of a truly wonderful life, where the outside world will not sway your emotions and actions.

Here are 5 steps to add inner peace to your life:

1. Start off by practicing forgiveness from the heart. Genuinely forgive all people who have caused you pain. And also learn to forgive yourself. Healing and inner peace involves letting go of the past – letting go of pain, resentment and guilt.

2. Learn to love and accept yourself. It is imperative that you love and approve of yourself as you are. By loving and accepting yourself you take a giant step towards your healing and having inner peace. Say good things about yourself, such as, “I love the way I put my make-up on today” “I look great in this suit” “You know what, I have a pleasant smile.” Day-by-day, build up on these statements.

3. Do not take things so personally. Your level of joy and happiness is determined by how you think and interpret the events in your life. Instead of letting the outside world control how you feel, you can take charge of your thoughts by being aware of your thinking as much as possible. When you notice you are swaying to the negative scale of thoughts, bring back your empowering thoughts of inner peace, happiness and joy.

4. To have added inner peace, be open to accept and receive any good that is in the world around you. Be grateful to the good in your life, even the smallest of things, and be open to receive more of the same good. In doing so, you will free yourself from the limiting chains of your past and you will watch and feel the good as it fills your life.

5. Release the disempowering habit of worry. Do you know that 90% of the things people worry about actually do not happen? Why worry about the things that may or may not happen? Worry is unproductive; however, preparation leaves you in control. Live in the moment and enjoy your inner peace.

So if you are not smiling or laughing enough, not seeing the beauty around you, not truly enjoying the presence of other people, not feeling good about yourself and others, you will need to heal your past and develop a true sense of inner peace.

This is the only way you will live a peaceful, happy and fulfilling life. And you should live a wonderful life. You owe it to yourself.