The Mountain Is You by Brianna Wiest

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an extraordinarily powerful one at that.” He argues that
mental disorders and destructive behavior patterns are
usually more or less related to unconscious parts of ourselves
and were most often adopted in early life.
FINDING YOUR OWN PEACE
Finding inner peace isn’t always so much about just sitting
in the lotus position until wisdom becomes you; it’s about
making the uncomfortable decision to stay with your discomfort
and to choose differently.
As Gail Brenner explains: “The inner war is perpetuated
by resistance—that is, not wanting to feel the way we feel,
not wanting people to do what they are doing, not wanting
events to occur as they are occurring. Resistance wants
to rewrite our personal histories and ensure that our plans
materialize.” She argues that inner peace is the only kind
that exists because nothing else is in our control. 22
Another really amazing way to find your inner peace is to
constantly remind yourself that your worries are a fabrication
of your mind’s need to identify potential threats for
survival, and true happiness is being here in the moment.
If that’s hard to believe, make a list of the following:
• Everything you have intensely worried about in your
life. Go back as many years as you can, and be as
detailed as you can.