Why Meditation is the Most Powerful Tool for Peace
“Our own consciousness has a direct impact on the world.”
Peace is a choice we make every day. The choice between peace and its opposite is available to us in every moment, so how can we make the best choice? Especially when circumstances seem the most challenging. Harita Davies, meditation teacher and member of the Sri Chinmoy Centre in New York City, joins us to explore answers to the questions we are all asking about how to stay calm and stay healthy. Harita shares what she’s learned over decades of building her meditation practice: why meditation matters, what it can do for us individually, and what it can do for our world. Harita believes that caring for our own sense of peace is one of the most powerful contributions we can make to creating a better and more peaceful world. Harita also shares her incredible experience of completing a 3,100 mile race in New York City - the longest in the world - and how the biggest challenges are designed to help us to grow, not to keep us down.
WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY
Visit the Sri Chinmoy organization at their website to learn more about the work they’re doing for peace
Check out the Sri Chinmoy Peace Run website to follow along as runners from around the world participate in a run-from-home marathon for peace
Explore meditation if you’re new to it, or share your meditation practice with others to offer them a chance to deepen their sense of personal calm
Carve out time every day to center yourself, and deepen your sense of peace. Reinforce the idea that you are able to choose to be calm at any time, even when outside stressors seem big
RESOURCES
12 Benefits of Meditation article from Healthline
Headspace homepage, where you can start a free trial with their meditation app. If you’re unemployed, Headspace is offering a full year of their Headspace Plus membership for free
Visit Calm online, and consider downloading their free sleep and meditation app to inspire your own practice of medtiation
Choosing Peace
Our conversation with NYC-based meditation teacher Harita Davies about peace, meditation, and overcoming challenges