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A mind full of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/what-can-anxiety-lead-to\/\">anxiety leads to<\/a> turmoil and unhappiness, but a mind full of peace promotes health and well-being.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Try these strategies to cultivate a peaceful state of mind and inner calm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Create a Peaceful Mind<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several methods by which you can attain a peaceful state of mind and a calm attitude:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Empty the mind<\/strong>. The author recommends emptying the mind at least twice a day. When you consciously empty your mind of fear, insecurities, regrets, and other negative emotions, you\u2019ll experience relief and release.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The author once shared this idea while conducting a service on a ship headed to Honolulu. He suggested his audience take their worries, fears, and other anxious thoughts and imagine dropping them all overboard. One man who practiced this expressed how relieved the exercise made him feel.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Refill the mind<\/strong>. After you empty the mind, you have to refill it with positive, healthy thoughts and peaceful images, or the old miserable thoughts will just come sneaking back in again. Practice thinking peaceful thoughts. Visualize a peaceful scene you once encountered, such as a lovely beach. These peaceful images are healing.<\/li><li><strong>Say peaceful words<\/strong>. The author calls this \u201csuggestive articulation.\u201d Words have power; repeating anxious, panicky words helps produce a state of anxiety and panic. But speaking peaceful words helps keep your mind calm. The author suggests words like \u201ctranquility,\u201d and \u201cserenity.\u201d You can find peaceful words that appeal to you from a soothing poem or Bible passages.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of businessmen were attending a conference. One man in particular was nervous and on edge. He expressed that the pressure he was under felt like it could break him. He had been prescribed medicine for his nerves. Another man suggested a different kind of medicine\u2014reading from the Bible. In particular, he found the 23rd Psalm healing: \u201cHe leadeth me beside the still waters; he restoreth my soul.\u201d The nervous man tried this method with great success, finding himself calmer, more emotionally in control, and no longer in need of his calming medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Engage in peaceful conversations<\/strong>. The conversations you find yourself in can affect your attitude. Negative conversations\u2014petty arguments, gossip\u2014create tension, so don\u2019t contribute to this. Instead, offer positive, optimistic expressions during your conversations with others. Remember, peaceful ideas create a peaceful mind.<\/li><li><strong>Use silence<\/strong>. The modern world is noisy; even familiar sounds take away from our rest and peace. Quiet, on the other hand, is calming and healing. The author recommends at least 15 minutes of pure silence every day. While this won\u2019t be easy at first, it will get easier with practice. Try these techniques:<ul><li>Visualize your mind as the surface of water; you\u2019re trying to keep it still, without even a ripple.<\/li><li>Think of a serene place you once experienced\u2014a walk in the woods, or sitting at the beach perhaps. Peale calls this a \u201cmemory visit\u201d\u2014using an imprint of a peaceful experience to call up any time you need to put yourself in a calming place. You can fill your mind with peaceful experiences and then take little trips there with your memory when you need to find peace. Peale\u2019s favorite memory visit is to the balcony of his favorite hotel in Hawaii. He calls it up in great detail and uses its healing properties whenever he needs it.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Self-Punishment<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes we lack inner peace because we\u2019re punishing ourselves for some real or imagined sin. When you\u2019re unable to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/self-forgiveness\/\">forgive yourself<\/a> for something, you live in a state of constant anxiety that punishment is coming. In these situations, people often work constantly to try to ease whatever guilt they\u2019re feeling. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-find-peace-within-yourself\/\">find peace of mind<\/a> in this predicament by releasing your guilt and putting it in God\u2019s hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&gt; Peale worked with a hard-driving, nervous, highly pressured man. This man lived with the worry that something sinister was always around the corner. He carried childhood insecurities and guilt from past actions and was constantly in a state of self-punishment. The author prayed with him and asked God to forgive him and set him free. Later the man expressed a sense of healing from this experience. He went on to read the Bible daily and live in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/good-health-and-happiness\/\">health and happiness<\/a>, finally finding peace in his heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Exercise: Cultivate a Peaceful Mind<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Living without strain creates a peaceful existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peale says it\u2019s important to fill your mind with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/how-to-have-a-positive-mindset\/\">positive thoughts<\/a> and peaceful images. What is your \u201cmemory visit\u201d that you can call up when you need to find peace? Describe it in detail and explain how it makes you feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meditating on peaceful words is another method for restoring peace. The author likes the words \u201ctranquility\u201d and \u201cserenity.\u201d What words, or lines from a poem, or Bible passage, resonate for you? Write them here.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes a sense of guilt can diminish our inner peace. Peale says the answer is to put the situation in God\u2019s hands. Is there something you feel guilty about that\u2019s eating away at your inner peace? Try putting the situation in God\u2019s hands and releasing it. How does this make you feel?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you suffer from excessive stress and frequent anxiety? Is your mind constantly overwhelmed by worrisome and racing thoughts? Living with strain and anxiety is difficult, but living in a state of harmony, with inner peace, makes for an easy, calm existence. 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