There is a peace that transcends all understanding…

There is a peace that transcends all understanding… a peace not as this world gives… a deeper, lasting, ultimate peace.

But there’s a paradox. Our mind and body wants to have, hold, and experience this peace, and we seek after it. But in our seeking we push it further away.

The peace that transcends all understanding is the fruit of the cessation of all effort. The minute you make peace an outcome to attain, you have driven it away. The fruit IS the outcome, but you cannot be attached to the fruit as an outcome to seek.

The peace beyond knowing is always present, is never diminished or threatened, and never goes away. A cloudy day is not an indication that the sun is absent. Though you can’t see it, the sun is simply above the clouds. Whether you are aware of it or not, peace is the underlying, unchanging, and fundamental essence of your true Self. Peace is not something you ever lack or lose; it’s who you are. The cloud cover is all your seeking and striving of the mind and body.

Consider the possibility that the fruit of detaching from all that striving of your mind and body is a quiescence that you back into… a peace beyond knowing.