Practicing Peace

When we feel hurt from something that someone said or did, how can we:

• Experience our emotions without denying or burying what we feel?
• Heal ourselves?, 
• Arrive at a place of peace within ourselves? 
• Move forward?  
  

Here's a practice that might be worth a try. 

Part 1: Experiencing and healing the hurt:
Observe where in your body do you feel the hurt. 
Place your hands in that area.
With the intention of healing the hurt:
Take a deep breath in, and breathe out into that area where you feel the hurt.
Continue to do this until you don’t feel the pain or discomfort.
Inhale: "I am..."  Exhale: "Peace."  
Continue coordinating this intention with your breath, 
until you feel at peace within yourself.   
Part 2: Creating energy waves of peace: 

• Do The Wholeness Visualization / Exercise: Audio Recording
• Visualize the other person (who you feel hurt by) standing face-to-face with you in your Wholeness Circle.
• Do this 3 times:
  
  • Inhale: (Intend)  "I am"
  • Exhale: (Intend) "Peace"
• Silently intend sending the energy of peace, forgiveness and blessing.
  • Inhale into your own heart: (Intend) "I send you"  
  • Exhale in to his/her heart: (Intend) "Peace"
    
  • Inhale into your own heart: (Intend) "I send you"  
  • Exhale in to his/her heart: (Intend) "Forgiveness"
  • Inhale into your own heart: (Intend) "I send you"  
  • Exhale in to his/her heart: (Intend) "Blessings"  
    
  • "Thank you for the opportunity to practice peace."

 
Did this practice work for you?
Were you willing to practice peace or did you feel resistance? 
​Do you have other peace practices you'd like to share?  
Please leave a comment below to share your experience. 

"Be the peace you wish to see in the world."
Mahatma Ghandi