Adversity & Awakening by Swami Satchidananda

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How to Find Peace and Joy in a Chaotic World How do we find peace and joy in the middle of a chaotic world? In the midst of the chaos, find the balance, and then you find the peace. When are you peaceful? When there is nothing to disturb your peace? That is not the true test of real inner peace. When there’s everything to disturb your peace, that’s the most important time to be peaceful. In the midst of chaos, troubles, terrorism and disasters, that’s when you want to be peaceful. If there were no problems, if everybody could be peaceful, then why would you need something like Yoga? In the face of any and all problems, you should find peace. It’s worth it, and you can do it. Peace of mind is the greatest treasure in the world. All the rest is nothing if you don’t have peace of mind. Sometimes, even in the name of saving the world, we lose our peace of mind. You might stand on a platform and shout, “Hey, I have a way to save the world. Come, 3


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