think, calm down

In this noisy society, full of hustle and stress; with so many worries, competition that is often unfair, dehumanizing and meaningless, It is necessary to stop, calm down, calm down, be silent and observe the mystery of God in yourself. And for that you have to run away, find an isolated place, maybe a corner of the house prepared for prayer, or your own room, close the door while we says Jesus and remains silent.

Of course, if you have a temple nearby, even better. But it is necessary to isolate yourself, to return to the center of yourself, to the sacred place of the soul, to the ark your personal Covenant, to the inner sanctumand from that spiritual monastery where the divine secret resides, contemplate the Lord, the King of kings, the Lord of Lords.

It is urgent to do it for mental health, to fulfill your own Spirit of God, to calm your body, to refocus on your deep being, to reclaim your lost identity, to heal your deep loneliness, to be you again. Animals do not need it, although they too seek peace, peace. Human beings, on the other hand, get used to noise, like to be in the middle of the noise, often fill themselves with hollow, empty words; not given space for silence, rest, calm, even before going to sleep, he has the television or mobile phone on and is attached to these media, filling his brain with images and noise late into the night. And then inside his being, above all, he creates sounds in the form of thoughts, often negative memories, toxic feelings of resentment, envy, jealousy, fear. He has no silence, and he goes crazy, does irrational actions, says absurd things, does not think, does not think, acts on the basis of instinct or conditioned reflexes.

You have to stop, sit down, close your eyes, take a deep breath, repeat slowly a sacred expression that can be: “I love you Lord; Jesus Christ have mercy on me; Maranatha; Glory to you Lord; Glory to the Father, Son, Holy Spirit”, or any other that someone chooses.

We must become aware of the divine presence that encompasses us, in which we are in God, and consider the sublime mystery that surrounds us. When a person reaches that level, he is overcome by greater peace, guided by greater divine enlightenment. Gain more strength and live more apart from things that before they had him tied up. And remembering the song of St. Teresa, an authentic contemplative: “Nothing troubles you, nothing scares you, everything passes, God does not change, patience achieves everything, whoever has God, lacks nothing, only God is enough.”