Answer: "There is no better place to practice a calm and peacful mind than here in this fast paced life, which gives you an impression that you can't live in peace. This is because the real peace, the real calmness of mind does not come from around you, but from your inside. It is only the inside that can make you peaceful, happy and calm. If you try to find peace and happiness anywhere else, you cannot succeed and it will only make you miserable. Just look at the mountain, standing there in peace and no winds can make it change, no winds can break it's peace. You have to be this mountain and not let "winds" of the modern world ruin your inner peace. Why not go in a more peacful enviroment? Well, if you are in a peaceful enviroment, it is easier to think that you are peaceful eventhough you are not, because momentarily nothing from the outside bothers you. But what would happen, if you came back to the "real life" again? After a few days, the same things that bothered you before, would most certainly bother you again. By being constantly under the pressure of this fast-paced real life, you constantly have the chance to test your inner peace - if you become angry or unsettled, because of something from the outside, then you know that you have to work on yourself and eventually you will realize that peace never comes from the outside. Even when you do realize that, there is no reason not to live a normal life in your "natural" enviroment, because, as mentioned before, peacefulnes lies solely in your percepcion of the outside world."
Only the middle way can bring you happiness. No extremes.
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Excellent sugestions, much better if you practice them in your own daily life.
It is a pleasure to read very old thoughts, mostly from east in new form.
Thanks
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