Calm is often seen as a sedated state, one with a lack of tension and resistence. Calm as cups of tea and curled up on the couch with blankets and cushions of bright homey colours, a book in hand maybe, light rain or light sunshine sprinkled on the half-open windowpane. Calm is peace. What is peace? I am unable to reach it in that way.
The popular concept assumes peace with oneself, peace with the moment. Peace with the world is also incorporated, but calm is associated with an acceptance of things the way they are.
Unable to accept things the way they are, peace for me is about the process of seeking, enquiring, theorizing, imagining, reasoning, advancing. These processes make me feel connected with the world, and with its potentials. In doing so, I also attempt to realize my own potentials, and so can also reach a sense of peace with myself.
The popular concept assumes peace with oneself, peace with the moment. Peace with the world is also incorporated, but calm is associated with an acceptance of things the way they are.
Unable to accept things the way they are, peace for me is about the process of seeking, enquiring, theorizing, imagining, reasoning, advancing. These processes make me feel connected with the world, and with its potentials. In doing so, I also attempt to realize my own potentials, and so can also reach a sense of peace with myself.
