The Beginning

The only way to find peace, I've realized, is to stop looking for it.  It just isn't there to be found. It can't be found. You can search all you like.  Go ahead.  Don't take my word for it.  Let me know how that goes for you.  By all means, prove me wrong.  I DARE you.  In fact, I double-dog dare you!  Peace, like it or not, will not be found.  Why?  It's not lost.  You can only "find" what you've lost.  So, if you're looking for peace, stop it.  You cannot find what is not lost.  Peace is not lost.  We are.  
Webster's dictionary defines peace as "a state of tranquillity or quiet".  Okay.  So, what is tranquillity?  "The quality of state of being tranquil".  Gosh, thanks.  That really helps.  Fine.  Define tranquil.  "Free from agitation of mind or spirit".  Now we are getting somewhere.  Take this one step further. Agitate: "to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of". 
I would have to say a clarified definition of peace is " a quiet state of being where mind and spirit are free from trouble or excitement".  Now it makes sense why we cant find it.  Peace is something we have to BE.  
It sounds so simple.  Be peace.  Be in a quiet state. Free myself from trouble and excitement.  My mind and my spirit at peace.  HA!  


How?


I need directions. I don't understand how to accomplish this.  There are hundreds of books out there on being happy, finding love, having the perfect relationship. Finding the right job.  I cant find a how-to book on being peace.  I'm not convinced it is a state anyone can be. At least not in a constant way.  A state of mind is a condition or stage of being.  That implies it changes.  Therefore, peace changes.  That being true, we would then need to reach that state of being again, and again, and so on.  


This revelation has prompted me to start creating ways to reach that state of being.  It is a journey of sorts.  I don't need to pack a suitcase, though that may be something I choose to do.  For now, I just need to figure out ways to "be".  What little things can I do to get glimpses of where I'm trying to go?