You can use anything you do to find happiness and inner peace. Your daily walk is an especially good choice, since generally speaking there will not be compelling demands for your attention (no phone calls, no boss, no doorbell… the list could go on).
As I and several others continue to shout out, you are the silent witness to your thoughts, and in that “witness-ship” is perfect inner peace, aka happiness.
Here’s what you do. As you walk, keep a tab of the thoughts you are thinking.
You might think, “OK, now I am going to try what Lucky prescribed. I hope it makes sense.”
Contemplate on how that itself was a thought, and that you were the being that was aware of it.
“I need to walk faster to get real exercise.”
Again, contemplate on how that was a thought, and that you were the being that was aware of it.
- The important thing is to watch your thoughts as objects, and not allow them to creep up on you.
- As you walk, you hear various sounds; if you are on a city pavement, you hear cars approach and drive away; or maybe you hear birds singing.
- Your disposition towards your thoughts should be just like your disposition towards these sounds.
- The sounds come and go; you do not feel those sounds are “your voice.” Thoughts are exactly like them.
- You will find that you are very peaceful when you are able to watch every thought (especially first-person thoughts, i.e. the ones involving “I”).
Practice thought-watching every time you exercise. If done enough times, it will become automatic and effortless. Then start doing it during other parts of the day, first during similar undisturbed moments, and then even when you are busy. Aim to watch your thoughts all the time… which means you will be deeply peaceful all the time!!
To your increasingly peaceful life,
