Brianna Wiest - The Mountain Is You_ Transforming Self-Sabotage Into Self-Mastery (2020)

THE MOUNTAIN IS YOU
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LEARNING TO TRUST YOURSELF AGAIN
Inner peace is the state of being connected to the deep
internal knowing that everything is okay and always will
be. The concept of finding one’s “inner peace” has been
part of spiritual and metaphysical practices for centuries
and has just recently become more mainstream with the
development of popular psychology.
Albert Camus once said: “In the midst of winter, I found
there was, within me, an invincible summer.”
That sums up the entirety of what inner peace really is: the
understanding that no matter what is happening around
you, there is a place of total knowing and calmness within
you. Not only are you capable of returning to that place
when you need to, but it’s possible to live your entire life from
there. The challenge is learning how to connect with it in the
first place and rewire how you respond to your mind, which
is always jumping from one worst-case scenario to the next.
You know when people reference knowing something
“deep down?” They say things like: “I’m worried, but deep
down, I know it’s going to be okay.” Or, “I’m angry at him,
but deep down, I know he loves me.” What do you think
they are referencing? Where is deep down? They’re talking
about the place within them that has an infinite wisdom,
a better understanding, and a more insightful perspective
of what’s going on. It isn’t shaken by the stressors or fears
that the mind wants to offer.