Building a Calm Mind in a Loud World: 7 Practices That Actually Work
"A calm mind isn’t found. It’s built—intentionally, one thought at a time". ~Carlos Patterson
Introduction:
We live in a world that moves fast, demands more, and rarely lets us pause. In the chaos of deadlines, notifications, and expectations, calm can feel like a luxury reserved for monks or vacationers.
Calm Mind – How To Have a Calm Mind in a Hectic World
What is a calm mind? And why does it matter? Does it affect your approach to life? What about your relationships and your ability to succeed?
The answer to this lies in learning about how your mind is manipulated by the events of your past and what you can do to address this manipulation.
The habits of a lifetime are difficult to change, but not impossible.
If you have always been someone who is stressed, have you ever really dug deep inside yourself to find out why?
1. Identify the Pressure You’re Carrying
You can't release what you haven't named.
Is your stress coming from your job? A relationship? Your own perfectionism?
Once you pinpoint the pressure, you can stop letting it define you.
We are constantly surrounded by pressure. Perhaps it is related to work or our relationships with others.
"Most of what’s stressing you isn’t the event—it’s the mental weight you’ve added to it."
Perhaps the pressure you place upon yourself to live up to other peoples expectations affects your ability to be at peace.
There are so many pressures placed on each of us, so how do some manage to live a life of calm while others struggle through the storms of life?
If the flow of your life is not smooth, its like trying to step from one stepping stone to the next, but finding the next step is always a step beyond your reach.
When you stop for a moment to discover what these pressures are, you are able to see that the mind exaggerates the importance of many events throughout your life and that eventually these become a burden to you.
The calm often seems so far away, and you are unable to reach it. There are barriers that you feel are put there by life itself to stop you from feeling the calm that others seem to experience.
2. Ground Yourself in Energy That Restores You.
An internal reservoir of energy is sometimes thought of as grounding. If you are a well- rounded person, you are able to face adversity seeing it as a potential lesson to help you become more compassionate. Nature helps us a lot more than you may give it credit for.
Take a walk in the woods, look at a sunset, and see the splendor of the birds flying south for the winter, and you are transformed into a place that you are unfamiliar with.
This grounding helps you see things from a much more positive perspective and fires up your inner energy.
Every human being on earth has a certain level of positive energy, but often this is beaten down by negativity. Our thought patterns dictate the way that we perceive the world to be.
Sometimes, stepping away for a moment and having the inner realization that the world is still wonderful enables us to increase our inner positive energy.
"Stillness isn't something you create. It’s something you return to.”
Its a moment of mindfulness that enables you to step away from the negativity and find calm within yourself.
Breathe deeply in a natural environment, and see nothing beyond what is there. You will find that the energy you gain makes you spiritually aware as well as calm.
You will feel a link between yourself and all that nature places around you if you can view the world as if you’re seeing it for the first time. Nature helps to calm a stressed mind.
3. Practice Forgiveness—For Real This Time.
Its very hard to let go of blame. Unfortunately, we cant change the past, and we cant really judge whats going to happen in the future, so the only option open to us is to let go of blame.
Breathe in deeply, be aware of the moment that you are in, and find the inner calm that comes with forgiveness.
Forgiving doesn’t mean that what happened is okay.
It means that you accept what has happened and you’re willing to stop it from interfering in your life. When you are able to let go of the strings that bind you to past actions, or the worries that take you into the future, you are free of their negativity.
You are free – just like a baby who first opens his eyes to the world around him and sees joy for the first time.
Unforgiveness is a heavy chain.
Letting go isn’t about saying “it was okay.” It’s about saying: “It won’t control me anymore.”
“Forgiveness sets your mind free—because you were the one held hostage.”
Letting go of blame creates room for peace.
These are practices that you can bring into your day every time that you feel negative thoughts based upon the influences of your life or the regrets you may have held onto about the past.
4. Drop the Judgment
On social media we are surrounded by pictures of people with picture-perfect lives, but is that really the way that life is?
Judgment creates tension.
It forces you into roles—comparing, proving, defending.
When you drop the need to judge others or yourself, your mind softens—and calm enters.
“You are not behind. You are not broken. You are exactly where your healing begins.”
We hold ourselves up to impossible standards, and when we don't meet those standards we think of ourselves as inferior and lacking.
When you allow yourself to drop your judgment of others and judgment of yourself, you find that you are moving toward a new understanding.
Not everyone thinks in the same way, but thats okay because that keeps life interesting.
Not everyone looks the same – and thats okay too. Acceptance of yourself and others without question makes your load a little lighter to bear, and when you can achieve that, you will find a certain peace that helps you to be more compassionate, both to yourself and others.
Compassion leads to a calm mind. Everyone deserves compassion. Including you! So stop being so hard on yourself. A calm mind starts with self-compassion.
5. Find Micro Moments of Inspiration
The optimist sees the cup as overflowing, while the pessimist may be holding onto a cup with dregs in it.
There is a balance, and it comes from being inspired. So how do you inspire yourself? The answer lies in seeing things that you don't usually take the time to appreciate.
How often have you noticed the dewdrops on the cobwebs in the garden in the morning? How often have you seen the laugh lines on your own face and felt gratitude for the life you’ve lived?
Inspiration comes from being able to find positive reinforcement and meaning for your life.
Calm often begins with wonder.
A perfect sunrise
The sound of laughter
A quiet sip of coffee before the world wakes
These aren’t distractions. They’re doorways back to yourself.
“Inspiration isn’t loud. It whispers. You just have to slow down to hear it.”
Over the course of the next few days, look at all of the activities in your life that inspire you. These can be small things such as seeing a friend with her new baby or looking into the sky and seeing a rainbow.
They can be taking your first sip of coffee in the morning or the warmth from holding the cup in your hand.
Inspiration is all around us, and we find it by purposely seeking out those activities in life that help the flow of our lives to energize us and make us feel creative, peaceful and inspired.
Creativity can inspire you to want to do things that keep your lifes energy flowing smooth, which will help calm your mind and ease your worries.
6. Practice Humility to See the Bigger Picture
Often people are baffled by humility because they dont understand the richness of this feeling. If you go to a place that inspires you and look out at a wonderful sunset, you get this feeling inside of you that you are so tiny and insignificant compared to the wonder that your eyes are perceiving.
When you feel small in the vastness of a starry night, you realize: your problems aren’t the center of the universe.
But you are part of something vast, meaningful, and beautiful.
How does that make you feel good? Well, you also get to realize the significance of small things.
Even a small star in the distance brings its joy to the world, as does the small grain of sand, without which the beach would not be possible.
“Humility isn’t shrinking—it’s expanding your perspective.”
Gratitude, awe, and empathy calm the mind like nothing else.
Whether big or small, we are all significant, and humility allows you to experience gratitude and empathy toward others. It makes you feel calm in life because you see the whole picture, rather than just brushing the surface of it.
The calmness that you seek in life is within your grasp. Slow down your thoughts. Allow the positivity of the world to enter the space that is filled with worry and uncertainty.
Surround yourself with people who build you up, while sharing that same support with those around you.
Your humility will allow you to do that without any thought of yourself. When you give without expectation of return, your heart will feel the calm that you always wanted to experience.
Helping build the confidence of another person is so rewarding and will provide a quiet stillness of peace inside.
7. Let Go of What’s Not Yours to Carry
Did you know that your calmness may have been eroded by whats around you? With the number of people suffering from stress in this day and age, what many do not realize is that the answer lies within yourself to be able to readjust your thinking and to create the kind of mind that is easier to live with, and indeed calm.
Letting go of the things in your life that drain your energy will help refuel you, and with that, provide more internal peace.
You may not know it yet, but you are amazing and have the ability to change and transform your life.
Calmness allows you to feel hopeful, inspirational, positive, and encouraging. It bathes your life in positive energy and helps you to see beyond the veneer of modern consumerism.
Energy leaks come from things we hold onto that no longer serve us—guilt, resentment, overwork, comparison.
Declutter your thoughts like you would a closet.
Clear the mental shelf. You’ll be shocked how much space you have for peace.
“You can’t build a calm mind on a foundation of emotional clutter.”
When you are able to step into your own shoes and those of others, you open yourself up to a calmness like no other.
It is this calmness that will take away your stresses and worries, and leave you feeling whole, knowing that self- realization is only a few steps away.
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