Embarking On The Path To Self Realization

By Carolyn Olson


Throughout a lifetime, one will experience many emotional phases, often having their current state become an extreme fixation. This means that sadness can cause one to focus on negative and depressing matters more than usual. Through self realization, one can find that sensation of happiness that comes with inner peace and still maintain a hold on regular responsibilities.

Beyond common activities of working, cooking and minding a household, one must consider the actual purpose of a human life. The point is to find a pure internal happiness through love, truth, peach, freedom and beauty. Perhaps the first step is to understand the value of one's very existence and that emotional control is an essential part of the journey.

Human nature is to seek something that makes one happy when there is dissatisfaction within oneself. When each and every day is considered a gift, one seeks to replace that which is sad with something of a more positive nature. Unfortunately, this feeling of euphoria is eventually replaced again by a sense of unrest or negativity that starts the entire cycle once more, continuing without end.

Emotions are a constant flux of hormones, which often result in unconscious changes in moods and behaviors. Many people seek to control these naturally occurring chemical reactions by repressing them, which can result in stress, depression or outbursts of anger, sadness, laughter or confusion. A more effective way to manage these issues is by embarking on a journey of understanding why one experiences such feelings,

Many individuals feel that finding a way to accept themselves on a fully spiritual level will help them effectively confront the obstacles in their path with an objective calm. An average person may often reflect upon deep concerns like where everything began, why there is life at all, and just how they fit in the grand scheme that is the vast universe. The journey begins by letting go of the things that can not be answered and focusing on what is tangible now.

It is important to accept that some things are simply beyond human comprehension and that those matters are better left to the universe to handle. People are endowed with five senses, all of which process factors that are purely tangible, materialistic aspects within which one may become deeply fixated. True freedom and knowledge comes from not focusing on what will be, or what once was, rather only feeling what is happening currently.

Another important factor is understanding that balance comes from opposition. A person can never really know happiness unless they also experience deep sadness, and good can not exist without something bad to make it noticeable. Looking at opposites as equal parts of a whole can help one embrace each experience as a necessary part of life without giving in to emotional extremes.

There are different paths though which one may achieve an inner peace. These include chanting, worshiping, and meditating, all practices that help a person to focus their mind and center themselves inside. In this manner, a person can think more clearly on what makes them feel certain emotions, thus gaining the knowledge to control them calmly.




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