The pain of the past may have eroded your trust in life and in other people, causing you to be guarded, like someone with an open wound who s afraid to bump into the furniture. With peaceful presence you feel more secure, more open, more confident. Old emotional wounds lose some of their sting, and painful memories are less likely to overwhelm you when they arise. Inner peace also serves as a protective shield. Preserving your emotional integrity when issues from the past resurface in the present.
Quintessential peace creates a core of silence for the mental self.
If, like Beth, you have a tendency to ruminate or obsess about the past, the ability to steady your mind is an invaluable asset. Like slowing down a film or freezing the frame, steady mental clarity enables you to evaluate complex situations more accurately and discern the truth with greater reliability. It shifts you to a higher mental vantage point, expanding your frame of reference. Things start to make more sense from that perspective. You see what really is, not what you fear and not what you ve been conditioned to expect.