PEACE

Peace is what remains
After all striving for it
Has subsided.
Peace is What-Is.
Always.

The opposites of Peace
Are vain clutchings
For Survival,
Which should never have come into doubt.
But it did --
Just to make the trip more interesting.

Peace will not be won in conflict.
Striving for peace
Is like trying to quell the surf
With your bare knuckles:
Fighting for peace is like trying to clean off garbage
By throwing more crap at it.


Being at Peace
And being its opposites
Are habits.

Anything in-habited
Can be abandoned.
Anything learned
Can be un-learned.
Anything put into place
Can be re-placed.
Turmoil is optional.


Here's what-is.....
Even in turmoil
There is a place where
We are at peace with it
And Peace goes with us.
Under our cloaks of turmoil
We are the Awareness
That is experiencing the turmoil
And saying "Wow! Look at that!"
Become aware of the presence
Of that unconcerned Awareness.

From Peace we arose;
To Peace we return,
Enriched by the experience.
So,
Have your turmoils,
Enjoy your upsets.
You can return to Peace any time,
As often as you wish:
The Peace you seek
Is within.
Always.
It never left you.
You just got spooked
And forgot.

Peace be with you,
For Peace is with you;
Be at Peace.