Thieves of Peace

 In the academic world, every effort to put human souls into boxes are recommended to be avoided. Especially because human souls are far more complicated than any simple boxes. To quote a philosopher's opinion, the human soul is multi-dimensional or beyond any categories. However, for the practical purposes, simplification is very important.

 It is easier to heal the soul wounds if one understands the unique characteristics of oneself inside. As materials of reflection on the long journey to peace, there are two types of deep-seated peace thieves. These two thieves have stolen the deep peace of many spiritual seekers.

 Due to a series of past events that caused a lot of mental injuries, some friends tend to be too sensitive and easily injured. It is not only when they are attacked, even when someone is asked sensitive questions, they can be wounded. These kind of spiritual seekers like to create a wounded self concept inside. They call themselves the victim of life.

 It is this kind of self concept that keeps talking inside. From asking for protection until asking to be listened to. Once the wounded memory appears, this injured self asks for protection. Once the bad and the sad memory appear, this wounded self asks to be heard. As a result, the mind never take a rest.

 From time to time this kind of mind is busy between building self-protection within, or treating the wounded self to be constantly listened to. When this crying self asks for protection, he resembles a crying baby who asks to be hugged. When this wounded self asks to be heard, he is like a young son who keeps talking. The end result is predictable, they steal the quality of peace inside.

 The second thief of peace often comes to the opposite person, the one who is too confidence. They have no sensitivity at all. In the field of psychology, this kind of person is called a cow in the middle of glassware. They talk around here and there. And they do not know if the listeners are deeply hurt or not.

 While the sensitive seekers construct a wounded self concept inside, the cow will be followed by the guilty feelings wherever they go. It is this kind of guilt that also builds a false self concept inside. If the guilty feelings do not appear at young age, they will appear in old age. Sadly, if it does not appear both at a young age and in old age, this guilty feelings will catch up later after death. This is even more frightening.

 As the wounded self keep talking inside, this guilty self is also busy talking inside. From asking to be justified till the tendency to always blame the others. When bad memory comes from the past, it will accumulate arguments of justification. When the sad memory of the hated person appears, they will keep blaming others.

 The end result is the same, the mind is always noisy inside. As a matter of time, the soul will be exhausted. Again they steal the deep peace of soul. Any spiritual friends who have spent years in the depth of solitude will understand, these are the two types of peace thieves that follow spiritual seekers everywhere they go.

 On the path of deep meditation, once the last thieves of peace come, they are immediately hugged with a pair of hands of wholeness or completeness. As nature embraces night and day, learn to embrace both sorrow and joy, sad and glad inside.  As materials of contemplation, not only the beginners even the glowing souls are still wounded and hurt.

 As a result, slowly but surely the frequency of inner conversation will decrease. The self as a victim - for the easily injured soul, begins to shrink. At the same time one learns to be a master in their life. Guilty feelings which keep following are also similar. As one keeps hugging the guilty feelings using a couple hands of wholeness, slow but sure they will no longer steal the deep peace within.

Author : Guruji Gede Prama

Proof : Kirsty Spence

Photo : TeamCompassion